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Confusion about github releases by dotplot in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As I said in my post, I play on GNU/Linux, not android. But since you mention apkmirror.com, perhaps you can help me with a completely different problem.

I currently use GrapheneOS without Google Play Services installed. This is mostly fine for me, since I am relatively privacy-conscious. But some companies nowadays are really pushing people to download their app, which they only distribute through the Google Play store or Apple App store. Given that I do not have access to either store, I have questions regarding these third party sources.

First, where do third party sites like apkmirror get their apks? Do they download them from the google play store and upload them to apkmirror? How do they do that? When I used to have google play store, I never saw a way to see and save the .apk that I was downloading from the google play store in the file manager or whatever. It just said it downloaded and installed the app, without any clear way to extract a standalone apk from it.

Second. how do I verify that apks from these third party stores are actually safe? These companies that are telling me to download from the google play store are not providing me a sha256sum of their apks or some other sort of digital signature. They are also not giving me a standalone apk from them even when I ask them for it. So how do I verify that the apks from places like apkmirror are legitimate and not viruses?

Believe it or not, I did ask ChatGPT these questions before asking you. It did not help.

Thank you.

Confusion about github releases by dotplot in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. Good point about changing the directory it saves to.

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Confusion about github releases (lemy.lol)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There used to be a release for version 2.5.2 of SPD on github. However, if I go to https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon/releases, I do not see it there anymore. Why is this?

I do see a tag for 2.5.2 at https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon/releases/tag/v2.5.2, but while this provides the source code, it does not provide any compiled executables. Why is this?

Also, I am thinking about keeping 2 versions of SPD on my GNU/Linux computer at the same time. One would be version 2.5.2, since that version is the last version with the stone of disarming. The other would be the latest version, 3.0.2. Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to separate those two so that the progress and save files are separate? In theory, I suppose I can run one of them in a virtual machine. Is that the best approach, or are there better options?

Thank you for your help.

Pixel Dungeon scam warning on Google Play by dotplot in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is free-as-in-freedom software licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3. Anyone is allowed to compile and sell exact or modified versions of the software as long as their versions also retain the GPLv3 license. You can also see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html.

If this version of Shattered Pixel Dungeon is not distributing source code or is not licensed under GPLv3, then it is violating the license. If it is distributing the source code and is licensed under GPLv3, then it is not violating the license.

[DEV] Coming Soon to Shattered: A Sixth Hero! by dotplot in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, and throwing sheep will still trigger things like the alarm traps that alert everyone in the dungeon. I stay on version 2.5.2 because of this.