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ceditlee55

Hi!

Could someone help explain:

1.What are the main differences between F-Droid, Aurora Store, and Obtainium?

2.Which one is generally considered the most privacy-friendly?

3.How do people access Google Play apps without using the official Play Store? I’m comparing different app distribution models in Android.

Johnnyloans

ceditlee55

Play store is where almost all companies and orgs put their apps (If you ever see "get our app" out in the world)
Fdroid has many open source apps. Lots of options like the play store.
Aurora store has the play store apps--even ones that play store will deny you based on region, OS, etc.
obtainium: It starts blank. You have to add what apps you want yourself. There are curated lists out there to add many. Or add your github account to add starred repos
- obtainium scans whatsapp.com or github.com periodically for updates. (The website must have a .apk file available for download) You can't just point obtainium at youtube.com and hope it works.

2) Fdroid > obtainium > aurora
fdroid apps have less trackers than most apps on the playstore/aurora & you download from fdroid.
obtainium, you send metadata to github or whoever.

3) aurora store, apkpure.com, apkmirror.com

I am not recommending anything here as safe, except for Fdroid. As always, be safe with what apps you download no matter the source/app-store.

Johnnyloans

Johnnyloans Fdroid has many open source apps

ceditlee55

Open source apps are generally created for free by people on their weekends and often accept donations. Many aren't comparable to a solution made by a billion dollar company. Others are better than any company's offering.