There are services that will allow you to download .apk files from Google Play without an account. Like this one http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/ http://ap

There are services that will allow you to download .apk files from Google Play without an account. Like this one http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/ http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/ Although I don't know how trustworthy they are. If you want to avoid Google, you should install a build without Google services. EDIT: OP's server went down so here's a copy of the rant: I've just lost it with Google. I install the latest Cyanogen Mod. What I've found is basically no android apps let you download the package to install yourself - you HAVE to use the App Store - and that means you HAVE to have a Google account. So I make a fake account and download the apps I need. I'm not sure if I might want some more, so I've not logged out. I went down to a museum today, took some photos. What I've just found is they have all been fucking uploaded without my fucking permission to the fucking Google cloud. Including a set of private photos, one of which was sent to me on the understanding it was for no one else to see. Way to fucking go, Google. I CANNOT TRUST YOU. So much for privacy. So much for ASKING PERMISSION. So much for MAKING IT CLEAR and so much for keeping my identity private - my IP and my phone are now associated with these photos, which contain my location info and probably shots of me in reflection. (I later found out - also my personal archived photos were uploaded - of my friends, me, personal photos for my eyes only). Uploading to Google is irrevocable. You can delete all you want - Google will be keeping everything. Delete just means you no longer see it. Oh, one other thing. If I'm logged into Google and I go to add someone to my address book, I can ONLY do so if I accept it being copied into the Google cloud - which is why my address book is currently still empty. Fuck you Google, fuck you. Gone too far. I hate this so much. I'm now wasting my fucking time trying to find out WHAT Google has done so I can try to undo it. I'm now searching on-line to try to find out how the fuck to delete a Google account. Addendum. Yup. Logging into a Google account SILENTLY activates FULL UPLOAD OF EVERYTHING ON YOUR PHONE TO GOOGLE. Contacts, photos, emails, everything. EVERYTHING. I think it's fair to say I cannot express in words how much I hate Google. So, now, the only way I can see to at least superficially remove my photos from Google is to make copies to my PC, then delete them on my phone, with sync enabled, so they're removed from public visibility by Google. All this trouble, frustrating, anger, annoyance, from Google, to me. I am never going to log in to Google again.