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App Lounge (by e.foundation) option to 'saveguard your MicroG install'

Summary

Users, being happy with e/OS/ and it's features, sort of 'degoogled' on their devices; how can they 'safeguard' their MicroG installations.

My experience; You start working with your e/OS/ device (e.g. phone, tablet, whatever), you're happy, all is working ok, until.... in the updates list you see: Google-play-services.update; people hesitant; what should I do?

I have read posts where people have 'let go of this update' and installed it, resulting in loosing 'MicroG' and having the 'Google Play Services' on their e/OS/ phone, now being a 'regular Google phone' with all the data transactions, spying etc. Uninstalling Google-Play-Services, if at all possible, does NOT result in having back your 'MicroG' like before...

Aurora store has a (ackward) option of 'Blacklist manager' where you can blacklist all the apps in your already installed apps. Sounds strange, but after blacklisting my 3 MicroG installed items, the proposed update to update Google-Play-Services DID dissappear! [I had expected to 'blacklist' in a list of non-installed apps, Google-Play-Services, so i t would NOT be proposed but ...here it works the other way around]

As Aurora store does NOT COME PREINSTALLED but only the e.foundation 'App Lounge', I checked in App Lounge for a 'similar option' but ... could not find any option to protect your already installed item; is it me?? Or .... As this has to do very much with the items mentioned in the URL / ticket hereunder, I added it:

"ticket of 2022": https://community.e.foundation/t/feature-request-app-lounge-installed-apps-list-and-app-options/41769

Conclusion; To go short; what do I do [in App Lounge?] to secure MicroG from being overwritten by 'something I definitely don't want?

Thanks for your attention in this matter.