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Check out the Aurora store, it's a drop in replacement for the play store withot the Google nonsense. I started using it after Google refused to let me install
by malfist 3y ago
Check out the Aurora store, it's a drop in replacement for the play store withot the Google nonsense.
I started using it after Google refused to let me install watch faces, because the apps hadn't been updated for foldable phones.
- dengolius 3y agofdroid is ok too
- rakoo 3y agoF-Droid should be the default repository for safe, unobtrusive, respecting applications with your best interest in mind
- euniceee3 3y ago100 times over. It is possible to run Graphene then install DuckDuckGo browser then install F-Droid, then install Aurora, then you can have a de-Googled phone!
- exe34 3y agoDo you log in with your google account? I understand that doing this could get one banned from the google polity. The anonymous log in doesn't have search working, last time I tried. Edit: the trick I found was to search on google.com in the browser, then click on the link until it gives you the option to open in aurora v/s play store.
- aerique 3y agoI would even go so far (as I recently said on Mastodon) that nowadays using Aurora over the Google Play Store is safer since it doesn't display ads for other apps just above the search results for the app one is looking for. If one isn't paying attention or running on autopilot (it happens) one might click on the ad and install some malware.
- malfist 3y agoI completely agree. There are some serious dark patterns in the play store where scammers can buy top billing over the item you searched for, pushing the real app below the fold. Google even allows this for banking apps.
- grey_earthling 3y agoAurora Store is a different app, but it shows the same repo managed by Google. If an app has been removed from the “Play Store”, that means it's been removed from the repo, and a different front-end to that repo won't include it.