DeGoogle Yourself

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A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

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How do i retain access to paid games from Google Play after the account is gone? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 16 hours ago by somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Do i just backup the apk and its data? Or do i need to sail the seven seas?

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

most games downloaded from boogle play don't work without boogle play (and probably the account with which you bought them. They're gone. :/

some games have alternative (email only or Nintendo) signIns that you can use to carry your data to a nonBoogle platform

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

So with, say, Minecraft; am i cooked?

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Believe it or not but I bought Minecraft on play store years ago and refunded it for some reasons but to this day, I can still download it for free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯