Aurora Store

“people say it breaks on them all the time and they have to clear it's cache or smth”

“when an app can't be downloaded from Google Play due to Play Integrity gating on the app's store listing”

“You should be able to get free APKs straight from Google via Aurora Store.”

“bank apps through Aurora Store, and NFC works without a Google account”

“ie Aurora store etc should work and be fully supported by Play Store Curation/Hosting Service”

“It works. I see updates from just 3 hours ago, and generally updates have been pretty constant”

“The Aurora project accepts donations, if you want to hurry things along some time!”

“recently I've been having issues with Aurora and suspect its days are numbered”

“Aurora at least lets you filter on apps that don't have GMS listed as a dependency”

“it's no reason to recommend Google Play over Aurora for 99% of people's threat models”

“they do suggest Aurora Store as a last resort in special cases where the Play Store prevents you from getting the app nonsensically”

“Aurora Store is mainly useful as a workaround for store listings enforcing Play Integrity”

“the approach they've been using to bypassing a need to create an account was destined to get blocked”

“Aurora Store still works fine without the default enabled account sharing feature”

“Aurora Store still works fine without the default enabled account sharing feature.”

“AuroraStore is/was really nice for running purchased games on Android-based game consoles”

“But using Aurora I can install it just fine and it works flawlessly.”

“There are apps I cannot install via the Play Store in GrapheneOS, only via Aurora store.”

“Do you trust the banking app installed from Aurora enough to do your online banking?”

“Aurora hasn't worked right for the most part for a year due to device attestation shit.”

“anonymous use of Aurora never really worked, and with a google account it still works”

“the nice thing about Aurora Store is it allows you to install apps without a google account linked to your device”

“Aurora store helps but apps that "require play store services" don't work.”

“it certainly worked few days ago, I see last successful updates on August 26, tried just now and it doesn't work now”

“very trustworthy app IMO, has been around and working for years”

“people also install those apps via Aurora Store which uses shared throwaway accounts”

“Aurora Store works for the most part but some apps won't even let me open them”

“You can download stuff that you can only get there through Aurora”

“will identify whether apps require google play services before you try to install them”

“an alternative play store front-end which does not require a Google account”

“Which works unless the app needs Play Services, which do require logging in.”

“Aurora store is not recommended because it weakens security with no privacy benefit.”

“I trust the apps in say the ubuntu repos and in fdroid, but say Aurora store? ehh, maybe?”

“Aurora store is a horrible placeabo. Not only is it using other folks anonymized accounts”

“You can bypass Play Store restrictions on app installs by using Aurora Store.”

“Aurora Store is sometimes needed to work around app's filtering who can install it so we do recommend it for that specific purpose.”

“you can circumvent a lot of the Google Play stuff by restricting permissions and using Aurora Store”

“aurora store doesn't require an account and works fine on stock android”

“You can usually see a list of the permissions the app requires before you install.”

“access the main app store through a more privacy friendly way using Aurora”