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So App Lounge is now Aurora Store? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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For context, App Lounge is the default store for e/OS. We recently got an update with some security patches, my phone has been upgraded to Android 16 and now the store has completly change. App Lounge used to get their apps from FDroid, now its a Google Sandbox???

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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

did you try pushing open source and web apps only?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Most of my apps are from Droid-ify, second place being FDroid. I only have a couple of default apps from that store but now this is making me want to change them cause e/OS has changed. I don't like that honestly.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    you know droidify is an fdroid client, right? there's no need to use both apps..

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I know but for some season, Droidfy runs better on this phone than FDroid. I go back and forth between the two even though I get almost everything from Droidify

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    For an F-droid client I use Foxy Droid. It has been discontinued ages ago but works very well

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I was wondering what Foxy Droid was when I saw it in my Droidify store.

    I really like Droidify because they have been doing amazing with updating the app. All of the repositories you wanna use are right there by just clicking on them if you wanna use them.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    also from what i could tell app lounge was always intended to be the way to install playstore apps without foss alternatives like uber or your banking app or apps for work/school. at least thats how i always used it.

    i see this change as neutral at best.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    I don't think that's correct, I've been using /e/OS since the version 1.x.x era. The app store has always sourced from google play anonomuouslly and from FDroid. And there has always been an option to use a Google account if you wanted to for paid apps (never used that as I don't have Google accounts). It's not a change or a secret.

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