Got a weird tech question, and I'm not sure which forum to post it to, so I'll put it out into the fediverse ether!

I use #lineageOS on a #Fairphone3 and most of my apps are installed via f-droid. But some are installed via #AuroraStore, when there isn't an fdroid version.

I'm not signed into Google play on this phone.

Most apps just work, but there are 3 which do a weird thing, and are unusable as a result - when they start they just spin out to a Google Play sign on page.

What's going on? And is there anything I can do about it?

The apps are:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.buddhamind

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.co_operative_bank.sme_mobile_banking

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saf.aranetCube.android (I haven't tested this one recently)

Google being evil again...

I have two identical Google phones. One arrived today, the other bought in February, both running Android 16.

Setup went very well using copy from one to the other, but...

- the second won't install #AuroraStore, which I have on the first. Google Play tells me it's not available because it was written for an earlier version of Android, which is clearly a lie.

#Google also failed to transfer all the privacy settings I changed in the first phone. Cunts.

Quick #tut:

only wired step:
5min web install #grapheneOS over stock #android

wirlessly from here forward:

get #fDroid
&use to get #obtainium,
#shelter,
and #auroraStore;

use shelter to clone aurora to #sandboxed work profile

use sandboxed aurora to #anonymously downolad&keep #google #playStore apps sandboxed

any trusted #foss apps can be gotten via f-droid on main profile like #riseUpVPN #moshidon and #clock

at any time sandboxed work profile apps can all be paused ( #disabled )with one click

#UnplugBigTech Tipp 16: App-Tracking vermeiden

Gestern haben wir unabhängige Smartphones empfohlen. Doch kommerzielle Apps bleiben ein Problem: Sie senden Verhaltensdaten an Tracking-Monopole – mit Folgen für Konsum, Meinung und sogar Wahlen.

Nutze daher F-Droid.

- Kannst du auf manche Apps nicht verzichten? →Prüfe sie mit Exodus Privacy auf Tracker.
- Keine Tracker? → Installiere über Aurora.
- Mit Trackern? → Nutze sie isoliert: Vertrauliches-Profil (GrapheneOS) oder mit VPN & RethinkDNS.

#FOSS #FDroid #AuroraStore #RethinkDNS

Falls ihr es nicht schon getan habt, zeichnet bitte diese Petition, wenn ihr in Zukunft Apps über alternative App-Stores wie F-Droid oder Aurora laden wollt:
https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage?source_location=psf_petitions

https://keepandroidopen.org/de/

#keepandroidopen #googlemonopol #fdroid #aurorastore

#AuroraStore tip for #grapheneOS users:

Set up opening Playstore links with Aurora Store by default 👌🏽

-> Settings
-> Search settings: type 'open'
-> Choose 'opening links'
-> Aurora Store
-> Add link
-> tap checkboxes and confirm

This can help when a certain app can't be found through Aurora Store's own search, but can be found on the Webbrowser.

Note: these links might be disabled if another app, like PlayStore itself, is currently handling them. In that case, they have to be removed from the Playstore app first 👍🏽