This happened to me but then got fixed the day later
Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
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Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#42GrapheneOS actually recommends against using Aurora and instead just using the Play Store, so this shouldn't really hurt users. For extra privacy, you can sign into the Play Store with a Google Account that isn't tied to anything else.
> Google Account that isn't tied to anything else.
At the risk of being a privacy absolutist / fatalist: Google’s entire business model is surveillance. They follow you around and track your habits so you can be influenced. Given that, a Google account is always tied to something else.
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#43I feel the title editorializes a bit too much. The thread only confirms the bug, not a specific cause yet. As sibling comments indicate, the effect on GrapheneOS users is undetermined.
For me, the issue also only occurs sometimes. Usually I can download apps like normal.
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#44GrapheneOS actually recommends against using Aurora and instead just using the Play Store, so this shouldn't really hurt users. For extra privacy, you can sign into the Play Store with a Google Account that isn't tied to anything else.
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Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#45GrapheneOS actually recommends against using Aurora and instead just using the Play Store, so this shouldn't really hurt users. For extra privacy, you can sign into the Play Store with a Google Account that isn't tied to anything else.
Doesn’t Google make it very hard to create an account tied to nothing (no phone or alt email)?
It's the SomethingAwful model: go to the store and find the cheapest Android phone from some prepaid company for :tenbux: then use it to set up your Google account during out-of-box-setup while on the store's free public WiFi (since Google OOBE allows free account creation without a number or existing email), then toss the phone in a drawer afterwards.
"Hope ya got ten bucks!"
(I got a random 5G Moto phone for ~$10 on clearance and it was an absolute shitter of a phone full of garbage packed in malware, but after cleaning and debloating as much as I can, it's at least a nifty toy to poke at Termux or something.)
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#46Google becomes more and more evil by the second now.
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
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AuroraStore uses a pool of burner Google Play Store accounts to facilitate anonymous downloads. This is what happens when those burner accounts get flagged.
I'm using my Proton account in my phone and in play store. now i tried adding my proton account in AuroraStore, and it worked flawlessly. so my question: why AuroraStore uses google accounts instead of another providers?
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Accounts created on stock Pixels don’t require phone numbers.
that haven't been true since pixel 4. it just picks your phone in the background. a burner sim, like a literal criminal, is the only way today.
Even with a burner sim, there is the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, which is tied to the phone, and is known to all apps with the android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE permission.
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#49GrapheneOS actually recommends against using Aurora and instead just using the Play Store, so this shouldn't really hurt users. For extra privacy, you can sign into the Play Store with a Google Account that isn't tied to anything else.
It seems wise to have at least one alternative mobile phone app store. Even if it isn't very good. If the government can tell Google to do trivial things like, for example, change the name of bodies (plural now) of water, it can turn off your app updates, trapping you on insecure versions indefinitely. This probably matters more if you live outside of the US, but if I had a plan B for an app store on my phone, I would certainly at least evaluate it.
Re: Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s undoubtedly tied to the phone with is tied to the owner
People report that it works even on grapheneos with sandboxed google play. My guess there's some fingerprinting going on, not necessarily that they're tying the account to some account id.
I tried and it didn't work, it kept asking for my phone number.