XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk   
      
   In uk.telecom.mobile David Wade  wrote:   
   > On 16/03/2025 21:35, Theo wrote:   
   > > In comp.mobile.android David Wade  wrote:   
   > >> On 16/03/2025 11:34, Nick Finnigan wrote:   
   > >>> On 16/03/2025 10:47, Theo wrote:   
   > >>>> In uk.telecom.mobile Nick Finnigan  wrote:   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>     But how do you install from google play store without signing in   
   to a   
   > >>>>> Google account on the phone ?   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Aurora Store uses the Play Store app catalogue with an 'anonymous' pool   
   > >>>> Google account.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>   
   > >> So how does that work for geofenced apps? I have two play store accounts   
   > >> on my Samsung as some apps are Spanish only....   
   > >   
   > > https://auroraoss.gitbook.io/wiki/troubleshooting-and-faqs/f   
   qs/aurora-store   
   > > last question.   
   > >   
   > > Google use the connecting IP to determine location. Normally Aurora   
   connects   
   > > for you so you get the country of their server, but you can set it to   
   > > connect direct, in which case Google use your country. To change that, use   
   a   
   > > VPN.   
   >   
   > It does not, it uses the country of the account used to log in...   
   >   
   > https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7431675?hl=en-GB   
      
   *Google Play Store* does.  But according to the Aurora docs the backend   
   server appears to do something different.   
      
   (As an illustration without evidence that it works this way) it could be   
   that you have a Spanish Play account, so the Play client says 'hey Google   
   server, show me all the Spanish apps'.  But the Aurora client says 'hey   
   server, show me all the apps without a filter'.  If the filtering is in the   
   client, using a non-Google client can potentially bypass it.   
      
   > so if I log with my Spanish account I see Spanish apps even when in the   
   > UK. If I log in with my UK account I can see UK only apps when in Spain.   
   >   
   > I tried a VPN and it changes nothing. Many of my "Facebook Friends" who   
   > own second homes in Spain have the same issues...   
      
   I don't have a VPN, but tell me the ID (com.example.whatever) of a Spanish   
   app that you can't see on the UK store and I can see if it can download it.   
      
   Theo   
      
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