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[โ€“] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

There are 3rd party app stores. Reddits piracy subreddit had a thread on it the other day. I think they were saying F-droid and Aurora are the popular examples.

[โ€“] 211@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 weeks ago

Just clarifying that neither F-Droid nor Aurora have anything to do wirh piracy.

F-Droid is for open source software and while yes, some of the apps are replacements for that wouldn't fly in the app store (NewPipe, Spotube), they are not pirated or piracy tools.

Aurora is just a front-end for Play store that mainly allows you to download free apps without a Google account.

[โ€“] inlandempire@jlai.lu 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Obtainium as well is useful

https://obtainium.imranr.dev/

Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their release pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

The app supports over a dozen source websites, including GitHub, GitLab, and F-Droid.

It's actually very nice and functional for the apps that are relevant.

[โ€“] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aurora is just an anonymous front-end to google play store.

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gasp! A shiny rare suppo.fi user!

[โ€“] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 3 points 2 weeks ago

Would have used sopuli.xyz but they weren't taking registrations at that time.

[โ€“] timewarp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Most third party app stores suck on stock Android. Even GrapheneOS doesn't recommend using them. Don't get me wrong, I love F-Droid, Aurora Store, and Obtanium, but without integrating them as system apps or Shizuku, updating apps sucks ass. It is also much harder to detect if an app author were to become malicious with things like Obtanium, and even Aurora has the potential to have it's anonymous accounts become compromised and create "fake" apps that appear legitimate from the developer console. The most promising option is always going to be something completely independent from Android, like PureOS.