Re: grapheneOS app store - how to get a list of available apps ?

Theo,

Thank you.    But I rather use a desktop 'puter and a webbrowser
for the searching and downloading part.

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I'm afraid you're trying to use Android like Windows and that tends
to be a very very bad idea.

:-)  I would consider using my Windows as most people seem to use android as
a rather bad idea.

In particular by downloading off-device you put yourself at risk
of getting apps with malware - the main app repository (Google
Play) does not let you download things from its catalogue with
a browser, so you're left hunting sketchy third party sources.

Again, :-) .  I've had the "pleasure" to read that Googles walled garden
offers downright maware as well as poisonned versions of populair apps.  And
ofcourse the "pay a lot, get little" strain of apps (the old "pay $10,- to
turn your phone into a flashlight" kind of crap comes to mind).

Also, AFAIK *all* their apps are third party, created by big businesses as
well as single developers (and anything in between).   IOW, enough space for
"sketchy third party"s.  :-(

And than there is their ad-system infestation of the apps in their app-store
ofcourse.  Blerch!

There is a reason I put GrapheneOS on my phone you know - to keep outof the
clutches of Google.

While it is possible to get apks from sites like apkmirror they're full
of deceptive ads which are designed to take you to dodgy places, and it's
easy to be misled.

As far as I can tell Googles walled garden *is* the dodgy place.   If you're
not hit with malware, crapware or poisonned apps than you are (always?) hit
with their ad-system nuissance and tracking.

By all means search on a desktop to find the exact name of the app
you want

I normally do not know the name of the app I need, I search for
functionality.  Like in my current case of a TTS app.

But thank you for the warnings, I'll try to be carefull.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser