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Is it worth it to hoard APK Games? I have like 1000+ APK of games I downloaded from 2011-2016 (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by lemonaintsour@alien.top [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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[–] MehngiRendi@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

I think many would be incompatible or will be, soon

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[–] Official-Wamy@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

you can still run them with an android emulator

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[–] lemonaintsour@alien.top [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago

Its still opening but what I meant is that even with OBBs and other datas, some games still wouldn't run.

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[–] Delicious-Hour9357@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

I think you could decompile and recompile them if needed, but I don't know much about Android/apk related stuff

but most android apps are made in java which runs on a JVM

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[–] CeeMX@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

If you keep a device old enough to run them it’s fine

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