While the act of downloading cracked APKs for personal use often exists in a legal gray area, it does violate the terms of service of most applications and can lead to account bans or legal consequences in some jurisdictions.
Many users assume that downloading a cracked APK for personal use is harmless and unlikely to result in legal trouble. This assumption is dangerously mistaken. Using hacked APKs violates copyright laws and terms of service, and distributing or using them can lead to legal consequences including copyright infringement and penalties from developers.