I've never had issues with APKPure as far as safety goes. That and APKMirror are my main places to get apk files
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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I had to just make a new burner google account for Aurora. The rate limiting on the anonymous account seems to always be hit when I try to use it.
Use apkmirror
I used both and they're safe enough
Never heard anything bad about it so should be safe although I prefer to uso apk mirror because of its reputation
I've used both and didn't have any problems
BTW, if using only apkmirror and apkpure as sources for apks, I'd recommend apkgrabber instead of their own binary apps
NO.
they plant ads in their apks. Dont use it for network enabled apps (if you have a safe firewall or network permission)
If you can't get a packaged apk directly from the developer/publisher, or from a trusted repository like the play store or fdroid, I wouldn't resort to third party sources like these. If you can't compare the signing signature of an apk from an untrusted source to that from a trusted source, you can't be certain that what you're installing hasn't been tampered with.