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The allowance of an alternative store is a big sell. There was a moment were I felt the quality on F-Droid was dying, but in the last few months it has felt like an amazing explosion of really useful and clever apps. It also helps to expand the repository with the Guardian project and Izzy on Android.
Alas, I am on the degoogling train, so I feel like I am missing out tremendously on quality apps that only exist on the playstore. Android phones and tablets honestly used to suck compared to the iPhone, but now there are brilliant capable devices that can be had for at least half the price of an iPhone.
I think I should create an google account to use my Android better. It won't have my real info, and it doesn't need to have a name that points to me. I have been using Aurora, but the recent rate limiting can be a pain in the ass. And as much as I hate giving google my money, YouTube is a large part of my education and entertainment, and while the platform is a cesspool the people I truly admire sure as hell won't be moving to fucking PeerTube, or LBRY.
Also, I am only a pirate for things that I no longer can legitimately buy or the money will not reach the original creators.
Check out the Aurora Appstore, it's an anonymous mirror of the okay store and even manages updates for you. You can install anything free from the play store without a Google account or play services
I do use Aurora and I think it wonderful, when it works it does what I want. When it doesn't work I got to worry about my banking app going out of date.
I hope I can hold off, but I don't like being limited either, even though we have an embarrassment of alternatives for almost everything.