This thread is a good example of how quickly things go off the rails. The original post was fairly clear.
An app included in the ROM is from a seemingly non official source. Which begs the questions…
- Why? Why is it not directly from the publisher? Does the publisher not provide APKs to ROM builders/integrators?
- Can it (the source) be trusted? Suffixing the download source to the name of an apk sometimes raises eyebrows. Is the apk untouched? Is the app you want inside a wrapper (lquite a number of download sites do just that)?
Arguably, the most trusted general download site is APKMirror. APKPure is right behind. Both verify the authenticity of apps and don’t allow mods, hacks, or paid items. I guess we can assume Magic Earth is safe.
Nowhere in the OP was mention of app stores or app installers. Since lanes were changed and tracks derailed I’ll comment on that. I don’t use Apps. Not because there’s anything wrong with it or anything, only because I already had in place other stores that I’m comfortable with.
Never had a need to question where it gets its apps from until the recent posts about the MEGA cloud storage app crashes. The version that crashes, 3.7.5, is from Apps. Play Store has version 3.7.4. If Apps gets items from GPlay and F-Droid, where is MEGA 3.7.5 coming from?
But that’s all.