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for only 8 gigs i wouldn't even bother thinking about it tbh
Most of them are not in playstore anymore and this folder includes OBBs. I tried running some of them but unfortunately they dont run anymore. At least on android 9+. I have deleted them now.
Are you mad??
I would assume you could emulate an older version of Android and run them on that?
Android 14 won't run any of these old apps (only allows 64 bit) so it was pointless to keep anyway.
Idk why people are downvote u lol, if they don't work and hold no value to you anymore, there's no reason to keep it, whether it's 100gb, 100gb or 100mb.
The downvotes are because OP made this post asking if is worth it to keep it. Then goes on and deletes them anyway. Why ask if you've already decided what you were going to do in the first place.
Why do you ask, then.
OP thought 8gb is a lot and were proud to show it off. I had like 50gb of apk and shit. It's not that I dont want to deletes it, I just lost it in my nested folder.
You could have tried on an older android device first. But for 8 gigs, I wouldn't even have bothered. I'd just throw them in a bucket and be done with it.
Or emulator