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Building an alternate app store and using Google Play apps data

         

patmov

3:46 pm on May 1, 2022 (gmt 0)



'm a developer and I have a project to build an alternate app store like Aptoide or ApkPure. For this, is it legit to use Google Play data like package name, description, price, downloads etc... ? How existing alternate app stores cope with Google Play TOS ( [play.google.com...] ) particularly this part :


Restrictions: You may not:


display (in part or in whole) the Content as part of any public performance or display even if no fee is charged except (a) where such use would not constitute a copyright infringement or violate any other applicable right or (b) as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner provided.

sell, rent, lease, redistribute, broadcast, transmit, communicate, modify, sublicense, transfer, assign any Content to any third party including with regard to any downloads of Content that you may obtain through Google Play except as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner provided.

use Google Play or any Content in conjunction with any stream-ripping, stream capture or similar software to record or create a copy of any Content that is presented to you in streaming format.

use Content as part of any service for sharing, lending or multi-person use, or for the purpose of any other institution, except as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner provided.

attempt to, or assist, authorize or encourage others to circumvent, disable or defeat any of the security features or components that protect, obfuscate or otherwise restrict access to any Content or Google Play.

remove any watermarks, labels or other legal or proprietary notices included in any Content, or attempt to modify any Content obtained through Google Play, including any modification for the purpose of disguising or changing any indications of the ownership or source of Content.

Brett_Tabke

2:21 pm on May 22, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Regardless of the legal minutiae, if you copy the listings from Google Play store, you *will* hear from them. No way they let something like that stand.

also...please don't cross post from other forums....

patmov

9:06 am on Jun 11, 2022 (gmt 0)



Thank you for your answer (and sorry for the late reply) but then how to explain so many apps and website that replicate Google Play Store data for various purpose :

you have all the apk download website like
apkpure.com apkmirror aptoid and so on...

you have various app or site which purpose it help you to find app based on various criteria like category or number of downloads like
appbrain.com
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.apps

There is plenty of such app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.findingapps.storemarkethub.appstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.store.play.store.apps

Do they all Breach Google Play TOS ? What I'm missing ?

TIA

[edited by: not2easy at 11:48 am (utc) on Jun 11, 2022]
[edit reason] readability [/edit]

Brett_Tabke

12:25 pm on Jun 11, 2022 (gmt 0)

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>Do they all Breach Google Play TOS ? What I'm missing ?

Yes. And when they get enough traffic to get noticed, Google swats them.

You also have other app stores out there that are legit - such as Amazons. Those App devs use the same description everywhere. (that is not reviews of course). Those app devs have submitted those apps to Amazon (and other stores) for inclusion.

patmov

8:15 am on Jun 13, 2022 (gmt 0)



I'm not sure they breach something some of these site like appbrain have a real company based in germany behind them and are selling services based on their data. They must be be legit in some way