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Can I quickly derail the conversation to talk about APKPure? I use their app instead of the Play Store and I have no complaints. Once in a blue moon it's missi
by probably_wrong 4y ago
Can I quickly derail the conversation to talk about APKPure?
I use their app instead of the Play Store and I have no complaints. Once in a blue moon it's missing an app, but never one I couldn't live without.
Having said that, why is APKPure? Who is funding them? Are they to be trusted? Have they stolen my passwords? Does anyone know?
- NickRandom 4y agoThat's an interesting question so I did a quick Duck and turned up a few things. [1] Is APKPure safe to use? https://nordvpn.com/blog/is-apkpure-safe/ https://nordvpn.com/blog/is-apkpure-safe/ [2] "APKPure is not safe, distributes Trojans" (2021) https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/infected-apkpure/39273/ https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/infected-apkpure/39273/ [3] Claims that APKPure is now owned by Blizzard Entertainment https://chimgadar.blogspot.com/ https://chimgadar.blogspot.com/ [4] Shows their 2014 seed round https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/glance-app/company_financials https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/glance-app/company_f... [5] https://www.avg.com/en/signal/is-apkpure-safe https://www.avg.com/en/signal/is-apkpure-safe Short answer? I am not sure but then I use F-Droid which has the same pros and cons as APKPure so [shrug]