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Play Store search is horrible. You can literally search for the exact name of the app you want and NOT have it anywhere in the results.
Not quite. If your currently connected devices are not (supposedly) compatible because then it will not show up even if it is still on the store.
Google doesnt even tell you that way and you might assume it's not there.
I tried it multiple times and had no issues installing the apk from apkmirror and using the app.
No, it did really happen. Usually with apps that didn't have very high installation counts. I have first hand experience with it as the author and publisher of an app. People could literally search for the exact name of my app and get all kinds of other results, but not my app. I'd have to send them a direct link to the listing.
Yeah, I've been geofenced from certain apps for forever for some reason. Google knows I'm German, Google knows I'm in Germany and yet I can't download the official German gov Covid tracking app because "it isn't available in your region". So I've gotten quite familiar with the aurora store instead 🤷♂️
Living near the border so your Geo-IP is outside of Germany?
I wish, then I'd have at least some explanation. Although it'd be kinda weird still seeing as how I have a German IP address