Google is blocking Aurora Store by flagging its burner accounts
“AuroraStore uses a pool of burner Google Play Store accounts to facilitate anonymous downloads. This is what happens when those burner accounts get flagged.” – iAMkenough
GrapheneOS officially advises against Aurora Store, favoring the sandboxed Play Store
“GrapheneOS actually recommends against using Aurora and instead just using the Play Store, so this shouldn't really hurt users.” – pyrophane
Privacy‑seekers clash with the difficulty of obtaining a truly anonymous Google account
“Isn't that pretty much impossible? You need a phone number for verification, which effectively ties it to that phone number.” – joekrill
Users resort to workarounds and alternative app sources to avoid Google tracking
“You could suck it up and do the phone number verification, it usually costs around $5 for a phone number… Or you could go through the android phone sign‑up process which doesn't require one. Buy a cheap android phone and keep resetting it and making a new account each time.” – megagpt2