XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   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   
   >   
   > 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...   
      
     In my experience, it (the 'Play Store' app) does - or at least can -   
   do *both*, i.e. 1) the country of the account [1] used to log in or/and   
   2) the connecting IP address.   
      
     For example, I had no access to certain Australian apps from The   
   Netherlands, because  when I was still in NL, I was geofenced on my   
   Dutch IP and when I was in Australia I was geofenced because my Google   
   Account has a Dutch address. Catch-22. (In the end, I got the app from   
   apkpure.com.)   
      
     I had contact with one of the developers and what I could determine   
   from their info is that an app developer can specify which of these two   
   geofencing blocks they want to use.   
      
   > > You can also spoof device model and language, to avoid other blocks.   
      
   [1] IIRC, Google has a specific term for this "country of the account"   
   attribute, but I can't remember the name and it's too much effort to try   
   to dig it up again.   
      
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