Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine?

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine?
Date	2024-12-02 11:15 +0000
Organization	NOYB
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
> VanguardLH wrote:
> 
> > I did not install the Skyica app.  Don't need it.  Typically I've
> > already decided what I want before using the Play Store app.
> 
> Sometimes The Play Store will hide an app, or claim it's not available 
> for a given device.  Most recent example here, the new Google Weather 
> app, supposedly a Pixel exclusive, yet it refused to install on my 
> Pixel8a, I downloaded from apkmirror instead.
> 
> Other Pixel exclusives like generating AI wallpaper,or managing 
> screenshots, I could probably force install them the same way, but ...meh.

  Or stupid geofencing methods.

  For example I've had cases where I couldn't install Australia-centric
apps, because I was in The Netherlands and cases where I could not
install such apps while I *was* in Australia, because the country
settings of my Google Account were (obviously) set to The Netherlands
(IIRC, one example of the latter was the app of the Australian Bureau of
Meteorology). Go figure!

  As you mentioned, in most cases the problem could be solved by getting
the APK from some APK archive site (I mostly used apkpure,com), After
installing the APK, updating the app often *could* be done by the Play
Store app.

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Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 04:40 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-01 23:19 -0600
    Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 05:51 +0000
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 01:23 -0600
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-02 07:54 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-02 11:15 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 16:40 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 16:19 +0000
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 17:03 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 13:42 -0600
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:23 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2024-12-03 07:59 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-02 13:58 +0100
    Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 16:27 +0000
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-02 21:24 +0100
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:40 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-03 14:39 +0100
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 04:38 +0000
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:57 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:30 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-05 09:11 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 19:09 +0100
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 15:35 -0600
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-02 23:26 +0100
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:55 +0000
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:48 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 21:02 -0600
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 03:25 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-03 14:41 +0100
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 04:42 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-04 13:02 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 20:13 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:39 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 19:10 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:37 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-05 09:08 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 19:11 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-06 11:08 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-12-02 15:02 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-02 23:54 +0100
    Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 02:06 +0000
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-03 16:40 +0100
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-03 16:40 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 05:01 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:57 +0100
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-04 13:05 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:42 +0000
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 04:53 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-04 13:41 -0600
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:47 +0000
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-05 09:11 -0600

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