my usuals are coming up short on a particular thing.
*edit - I found an older, modded version on Happy Mod, it is straight up the only place that has an APK for this app anymore. this is pretty bizarre
Mind the compatibility with the instructions set. Armv7 apps will not work on Armv8 processors and viceversa. That makes it even harder to get the right modded apk.
It's very depending on which apk you want. If you only want the apk of one specific open source app, just check on fdroid or on their git (mostly on github). And if you want play store apps without installing Aurora store, just use ApkMirror (their apks are mostly clean, cleaner than Apkpure in any case..).
https://t.me/SaltSoupGarage This is the telegram channel of Kirlif, who is a very popular modder and active in mobilism. He post his mods in this channel too.
Also https://t.me/TDOhex https://t.me/ANiK555_Mods Check these channels too
I don't think there's any source I can trust other than fdroid