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by erikvanoosten14 hours ago |
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upvoteby dxjxjdjsssb13 hours ago|
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Play store works just fine on GrapheneOS. All of play services run in a sandbox.

You can install the Play store from the GrapheneOS App Store.

In fact I'm pretty sure the GrapheneOS folks advise against Aurora Store, etc.

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upvoteby himata411313 hours ago|
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The entire point is so you don't have to have a google account. Aurora actually works fine if you do sign in. This is just blocking anon downloads.
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upvoteby megagpt213 hours ago|
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Market price for a Google account is about $1.50, you can also buy a burner SIM to set up the maximum number of accounts Google will let you with the same phone number.
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upvoteby imzadi13 hours ago|
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Yeah, was confused. I'm on GrapheneOS and don't even know what Aurora is.
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upvoteby CodesInChaos13 hours ago|
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It's an alternative client app for the google store.
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upvoteby JoshStrobl13 hours ago|
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Sailfish OS user on Jolla Phone 2: Aurora is working fine here.

P.S. Sailfish OS is NOT an Android distribution. It is a proper Linux system and they have their own custom Android runtime (AppSupport) as a layer on top for running Android apps. This runtime _is_ Android under the hood, but is separate from Sailfish itself (has its own native app ecosystem).

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upvoteby g-b-r6 hours ago|
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With anonymous login?
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upvoteby 12 hours ago|
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upvoteby bushwart13 hours ago|
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I wasn't aware GOS recommended AuroraStore.
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upvoteby Cider998612 hours ago|
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They don't. It's unreliable but they have fixed security issues.
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upvoteby Cider998612 hours ago|
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Play store works fine on GrapheneOS.
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upvoteby iAMkenough13 hours ago|
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AuroraStore uses a pool of burner Google Play Store accounts to facilitate anonymous downloads. This is what happens when those burner accounts get flagged.
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upvoteby ErenayDev13 hours ago|
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I'm using my Proton account in my phone and in play store. now i tried adding my proton account in AuroraStore, and it worked flawlessly. so my question: why AuroraStore uses google accounts instead of another providers?
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upvoteby g-b-r6 hours ago|
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What the hell are you talking about? Proton accounts to access the Play Store?
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upvoteby ranger_danger13 hours ago|
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How does one even create a new google account in $current_year without requiring phone verification or worse?
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upvoteby megagpt213 hours ago|
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You could suck it up and do the phone number verification, it usually costs around $5 for a phone number.

Or you could go through the android phone sign-up process which doesn't require one. Buy a cheap android phone and keep resetting it and making a new account each time.

Or you could buy an account on the grey web from someone who already did this. Should be under $2.

If you are really into this you could become a phone company and own a whole block of phone numbers.

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upvoteby ranger_danger11 hours ago|
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The whole point of avoiding the verification in my case is for privacy reasons... I don't want google or anyone else tracking what I do through the use of an account.

> Or you could go through the android phone sign-up process which doesn't require one

This is worse IMO because now the number is associated with that device forever. And unless I'm willing to risk my account to compromise from a future owner of the same number OR device, I must now keep both... forever.

> grey web

I don't want to give them my info either, nor have my account associated with sketchy individuals.

> you could become a phone company

I do own DID blocks but this is unhelpful because google's verification specifically requires SMS over real mobile numbers, and I'm not interested in becoming an MVNO or cellular carrier.

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upvoteby savwolf13 hours ago|
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GOS recommends play store
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