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With so many (old) apps disappearing from the playstore (probably because of EU compliance rules), I wonder why it's so hard to pirate apks. Is there a source I'm missing?

For example, I'm currently looking for Last Horizon by noodlecake, it's not available in the playstore. I can't find it anywhere, I searched all the linked sites in the wiki. This happens everytime I'm looking for an app, it seems like only a very small amount of apps can be found

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[–] Paradachshund 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This isn't an answer to your main question, but I recently learned that if you don't release updates at your app for a couple years google deletes your app from the store (and your developer account if you only had one app). That's a reason why some old apps disappear.

[–] schnex@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I developed one, it's ridiculous how many times I get emails from Google to update some stupid shit. As if anyone cares

[–] Paradachshund 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah it suddenly made sense why apps seem to always have new updates even when it's something super basic that doesn't need more features.