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Default shared/anonymous configuration without using own Google account #96

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emanuelb opened this issue Jun 22, 2021 · 1 comment
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@emanuelb
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Currently using this tool require to supply email&password for google account, this issue is about avoiding it by supporting Anonymous mode that use shared account, see for example other projects that implement this:
gplaycli: https://github.com/matlink/gplaycli

By default, gplaycli fetches a token from a token dispenser server located at https://matlink.fr/token/ to login in Google Play.

AuroraStore app: https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore

Anonymous accounts — You can log in and download with anonymous accounts so you don't have to use your own account

YalpStore app: https://github.com/yeriomin/YalpStore

By default Yalp Store connects to Google services using a built-in account, so you do not have to own a Google account to use it

@onyxbits
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  • "anonymous" is a lie. You aren't (see: GSF ID)
  • the whole point of open source licenses is to avoid legal trouble due to product liability. These devs opted to take legal responsibility for their users by giving them their accounts (a TOS violation by the way).
  • I won't run my own token server because of the legal risk. And I won't use theirs. I have absolutely no interest in getting support request when someone elses token dispenser is down (and in particular AuroraOSS doesn't seem to be able to run theirs in a stable way).
  • Quite frankly: those shared accounts are a tremendously dangerous thing and I find it irresponsible of those projects to even offer this option. Google is known to associate accounts with each other in order to detect new accounts from permabanned users. This account sharing thing is perfect for sharing taint.

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