# Can you walk me through Google Play

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-me-through-google-play/652797>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-me-through-google-play/652797 "2013-03-13T06:41:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-me-through-google-play/652797/21 "2013-09-04T22:06:49Z")

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> **[Best Android App Store Alternatives | Digital Trends](https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-app-stores/)**
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> If you are hunting for more sources to download Android apps and games, then you’ll find a bumper batch in here. These are alternatives to the Play Store.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-me-through-google-play/652797/22 "2013-09-04T23:43:33Z")

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> [@Steophan](#):
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> Android is a Google product… Trying to run Android without using Google is like running Windows without using Microsoft, not so much impossible as pointless and counterproductive.

Sorry, not correct. I’ve managed to get that done by downloading stuff from an English-language site which provides android apps but without going through all the hoops. The thing is I want to run this stuff on my Chinese smartphone.

Thanks, **yoyodyne**!

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