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F-Droid

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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully as little as possible.

Simple got bought out and will soon be filled with ads

[–] zingo@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh no simple app suite?

Shit! Worst news I heard today. (As I don't read news)

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not to fret, it was very quickly forked

The power of FOSS.

too bad many people won't know it immediately and they'll start getting ads. I remember when Quik Pic was a good app, now it's ad infested.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

too bad many people won’t know it immediately and they’ll start getting ads.

On the bright side, if they installed using F-Droid they probably won't because I would expect F-Droid to refuse to deploy the new compromised version.

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the people who got it on the play store who will suffer

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I wish F-Droid was well-known enough that I could say it's people's own fault if they used the Play Store instead, but sadly, it isn't.