XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Arno Welzel wrote:   
   >> You make a good point though, that the process I described only works for   
   >> free software...   
   >   
   > I often use my phone to get tickets for public transport. This is much   
   > easier than using vending machines which often don't work. I also hate   
   > to deal with all these paper tickets. And I can also ask the office   
   > assistance to book train tickets for me and just have to enter the   
   > ticket code in the app to use it.   
   >   
   > But besides that most apps I use are also free and often open source as   
   > well. F-Droid is a good source for this too.   
      
   Hi Arno,   
      
   Happy New Year!   
      
   I understand. This thread was never supposed to be about payware vs free.   
   It had simply slipped my mind, in the rush to publish the PSA that there's   
   a difference in the login for the PC Aurora, which, as we now know, Theo   
   found out is not official. It works (apparently). But I wouldn't trust it.   
      
   Especially, as Theo also noted, the Android Aurora allows you to NOT DELETE   
   the downloaded APKs after installing them anyway (then copied to the PC).   
      
   And Jeff's concerns about autoupdate notifications is also handled by   
   Aurora, way (way!) better than the official google play store app does it.   
      
   And for the lurkers, F-Droid and Aurora are nothing whatsoever alike.   
    a. F-Droid is its own separate repository of Android apps   
    b. Aurora is merely a Google Play Store client   
   So Aurora installs EXACTLY the same files that Google Play Store does.   
      
   Siard is correct though, that you have to log into Aurora using a Google   
   Account in order to install purchased apps, but there are still some   
   advantages which are huge in doing that over using the Google Play app.   
    1. Aurora does not delete the APK installers after installation!   
    2. Aurora can spoof sw/hw to make applications available to you   
    3. Aurora doesn't create a Google Account on your phone   
    4. Aurora does a (much) better auto update than Google Play does   
    5. And Aurora has better filters than the Google Play Store has   
       etc.   
      
   While Aurora's search engine isn't better than that of Google Play Store,   
   when you pair Aurora with the free Skyica app finder, it's the best   
   combination in the world for scraping the Google Play repo for apps!   
       
   --   
   How you use Android, particularly how you save & reuse your installers,   
   is something that must be designed into everything you do on the PC.   
      
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