Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoApps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Playwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkApps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Playwww.androidauthority.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareGhoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNot a single app on my phone was installed through Google Play, it’s all Aurora. Guess if apps really do this i’ll just have to stop using them, cause I’m not installing the play store.
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoQuick question: what is the advantage of using Aurora to get apps instead of the Play Store? I have Aurora but i don’t understand that, afaik both use the same APKs and can update interchangeably? At first I thought Aurora remove some of the app’s tracking beacons but that’s not the case.
minus-squareMwa@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI wish i can degoogle my phone but its a few months old so no rom support and its a samsung :<
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Not a single app on my phone was installed through Google Play, it’s all Aurora. Guess if apps really do this i’ll just have to stop using them, cause I’m not installing the play store.
Quick question: what is the advantage of using Aurora to get apps instead of the Play Store?
I have Aurora but i don’t understand that, afaik both use the same APKs and can update interchangeably?
At first I thought Aurora remove some of the app’s tracking beacons but that’s not the case.
I wish i can degoogle my phone but its a few months old so no rom support and its a samsung :<
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