Ads upon ads upon ads!

38 points

You’re still using it, so they’re gonna keep doing it.

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Doesn’t appear to happen to me, probably some kind of glitch https://postimg.cc/CdqZRDt1

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https://postimg.cc/JtjHLG9Z

Might be, I have reduced the number of ad columns by one, with this latest screenshot. Not getting the same result as you. Then again, that could be because my android version is older and such.

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Yeah but you got the large video body from the game you searched for. Seems like this is much better.

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10 points

And I thought the iOS App Store was bad … This is on another level.

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iOS is bad when it comes to trying to find apps that aren’t trying to shove subscription plans. They seem to push it like youtubers begging you to like and subscribe. No ‘Contains ads’ notice either, so it was the first time I discovered that talking video ads exist.

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https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/

F-droid for open source apps, Aurora Store for all the Play Store apps. You’re welcome :)

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isn’t aurora store broken though

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Not here, i use it regularly for updates and install some apps. Just checked and updated some apps.

PS: I’m using a created account.

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It is. Those fake accounts that Aurora Store uses stop working randomly. I learned the hard way to never rely on Aurora Store ever again and just use sandboxed Play Store on GrapheneOS.

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You can use aurora with your own account

I dont install apps too often, so i just use a new throwaway when I download a new apo

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In my experince, kind of. You can log in with your Google account and it works fine, but that negates most of the privacy benefits. Alternatively, only the search is broken with anonymous login, so you can set Aurora as the app to open play.google.com links and open them from your browser and it downloads and updates like normal.

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it fails to fetch app details when I open a link in aurora store though

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Droid-ify is my preferred F-Droid app since it can pair with Shizuku for easier rootless updating.

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Wow it looks like I haven’t used the playstore for a long time now… I guess I install app from a link in a web browser or github page or something, but searching and browsing the playstore I have not done in years.

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Yeah precisely what I went through also, I have f-droid, Aurora store, even obtainium for those apps you usually get updates directly on their GitHub pages, going back to the Playstore has been a eye opener.

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