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Play Store blocks AuroraStore (gitlab.com)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Aurora Store returns a “&$Server busy, please try again later.” error when trying to install an application

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[–] 21 points 5 days ago* (1 child)

I've gotten a few updates to go through after repeatedly clearing the cache and trying new accounts, but yeah it's pretty fucked lately. Google's probably trying to crack down on the burner accounts it uses.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    It's trying to close their system off further because there's a lot more tracking that can be enabled if you use their official app

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    If you have GrapheneOS though, the playstore is sandboxed and gets no priveleges or tracking. Just an fyi to anyone.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago

    That's true! But I believe that you still need an account and, of course, the play store collects some data about the device its installed on/installing apps on. Depends on peoples threat/privacy model if they want that or not.

    Either way, a sad day for open source that aurora is being blocked.

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