Whats the go to method for installing apps? Aurora? F-Droid? Wouldn't mind getting thoughts on this or even his preferred way of installing apps.
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If the developer provides a self-updating mechanism for their app, it makes a lot of sense to get it directly from them.
F-Droid has serious issues with the security of their infrastructure and the app. Updates are often very delayed and they make undocumented changes to apps.
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I tend to do this if it's possible. I use Aurora store as i don't want to create a Google account. A throwaway maybe the way with a random phone number I guess.
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Aurora Store still uses an account.
You don't need a phone number to create an account in most cases, only when using an IP address they consider high risk, etc.
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Yes but the account isn't tied to me at all within Aurora.
Is this your preferred way of installing apps? Using Graphene's playstore app with a throwaway account?
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There isn't a GrapheneOS Play Store app. We have mirrors of the official apps to provide a way to obtain them to use sandboxed Google Play.
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I guess i just want to be as private and safe as possible, and we all know what Google are like for collecting data.