Aurora Store is way too unreliable and is nearly unusable. I have been using APKMirror so far and while it is okay, it is somewhat annoying that Obtainium can not directly download from there whereas it can with APKPure. I wanted to know the security level of APKPure in comparison to APKMirror.
One trick is to have anold android phone. I created a couple of accounts last year without giving any personal data by using a device with android kitkat.
I think Android Studio still has images of Android 4 with Google Play. Potential avenue for people without old phones at hand?
Good idea, worth checking.