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  • Why identical profiles do and don't allow app downloads

That is, same privacy toggles, same permissions to install apps from 3rd parties etc.

Its like half way through today aurora and f-droid decided orbot was no longer a goodun? Has anyone else noticed this happening suddenly?

I think I may have uniquely broken my system by uninstalling all my downloaded apps from the owner/admin profile to reduce attack surface.

There feels like some sort of hangup about installing apps that have already been proliferated from the admin profile in the past, wherever it is you're trying to install them natively.

Also not sure what was gained by purging my admin profile when strict permissions or even NextDNS could have locked everything down.

In the end I've pulled orbot back into my admin space through apk mirror which I can push through to newly spawned profiles as needed. It seems like the stores themselves were misbehaving or unhappy about multiple downloads (even though anon).

This is almost certainly to do with the fact that the system package manager handles the apps for all user profiles.

One way this problem is encountered is if you have the same app ( or another app with the same app ID - found at the bottom of the Apps Info page in Settings > Apps eg. com.someapp.somecompany ) which has a different signature - normally because it has been built by different party (often f-droid). They can not both be installed on the same device.

Alternatively if you are trying to install an older version of an app than the one thats already installed. You need to install the same or a newer version.

    dazinism seems like a good excuse for me to reset and try this obtanium thing.

    Or the other one that someone's was developing in here that also sounds good.

      [deleted] can I use my other email service providers to register with the play store? I think my main reason is not wanting to be forced to use my sim number for 2fa as with google, but the more I question that my reasoning might not be decent.

      Realistically I might have blindly bought into this GSF bad thing. I do trust google security for the most part.

      Give me reasons why I should?