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alexandros I wouldn't count on GrapheneOS to develop a replacement for the Aurora Store. An initial [setup wizard] (https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1423701982578085888) with a handful of apps is all they're looking at. So if you're looking for a set-it-and-forget-it setup, you can't beat Play running in the Owner profile. It's still a massive upgrade over Stock seeing as these are just normal apps on GrapheneOS, but also because there are Google Play SDK and libraries embedded in the Play Store apps, regardless of where you get them from so it's not a huge jump from that to installing sandboxed Play.

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    How do you suggest creating a burner google account? It seems like they force you to use a phone number to create an account now.

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        We all have different reasons for using Graphene on our daily drivers. For the sake of usability I am slowly changing my mind about using sandboxed Google Play. Bear in mind my threat level is low. I think as long as I will use non-Google apps for my main services such as email, calendar, cloud storage etc. and use built-in features such as permission control, storage scopes and other, Google will be able to collect only small fraction of information as opposed to stock OS. I don't really mind that it knows who I am and in some situations it's actually important that it knows who I am, but at least I will know it doesn't peek over my shoulder by far as much as before. And that is an improvement, isn't it?

        sethm Through any Android device it should be able to create an account without the phone number.

            alfred

            Got it to work. Reinstall Play Store and Services. Restarted phone. Turn off any always on VPNs. Then when creating an account you can bypass the phone number step. Thank you!

              It seems that the May 30 Aurora Store 4.2.3 update , is now working again after all. Also anonymous. Thanks for your input.