The GrapheneOS team explicitly recommends against installing the aurora store for that exact reason. If you can install the stock play store with a burner email then the aurora store doesn’t actually give much of a privacy benefit (you are still uniquely identified either way) but aurora store is playing a game of whack-a-mole with Google.
I have heard it has some security problems as well, which might be a big deal if your threat level is higher. At the same time, Aurora store works without google play services installed, doesn’t that have some privacy benefits? I have heard that google play services in GrapheneOS has the same permissions as a regular app, however I still feel the pull to be without them on my main profile and feel like I don’t really get the implications of that. Maybe it collects less data but surely it’s still a lot?
GrapheneOS is the ONLY free android build that has an alternative by installing the playstore…
The GrapheneOS team explicitly recommends against installing the aurora store for that exact reason. If you can install the stock play store with a burner email then the aurora store doesn’t actually give much of a privacy benefit (you are still uniquely identified either way) but aurora store is playing a game of whack-a-mole with Google.
I have heard it has some security problems as well, which might be a big deal if your threat level is higher. At the same time, Aurora store works without google play services installed, doesn’t that have some privacy benefits? I have heard that google play services in GrapheneOS has the same permissions as a regular app, however I still feel the pull to be without them on my main profile and feel like I don’t really get the implications of that. Maybe it collects less data but surely it’s still a lot?