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Aurora Store receives new update (gitlab.com)

submitted 9 months ago by dez@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Found it more stable and the UI looks a little better, imo.

Source here - https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/releases

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[-] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I haven't heard of Aurora before. I'm guessing it's similar to F-Droid? Just extract and install the APK?

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 41 points 9 months ago

It's a wrapper over Google Play not F-Droid. Much nicer interface, you can filter for things like ads/paid/GSF, you can bypass some regional blocks, you can login with Google accounts or use it anonymously etc.

[-] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Its only recommended that you use a throw away Google account for paid apps on Aurora. So I've been told.

[-] CodeGameEat@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Never happened to me, but technically your account can get banned using Aurora since it's against the TOS. Also i mostly use aurora for privacy, so an different account only to download apps is a good idea. (Ideally you should even use the anonymous feature, but i had some stability problems with that so i switched to a throwaway account)

[-] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the responses! I'll look more into it over the weekend!

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

I would add the exodus feature, which shows a list of trackers from an app.

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 26 points 9 months ago

It lets you install Google Play apps without Google Play itself

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago

Aurora Store is a play store wrapper.

Aurora Droid is an F-droid wrapper.

I use Aurora droid. It is much better than just Fdroid. Search works well, updates are easy, and what is that? App pictures and icons actually load?? 😂 It generally is nicer to use than F-droid and you can add many different repositories to it including custom ones