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Fossify Gallery is now on F-Droid, and Simple Gallery got removed due to a proprietary dependency (beehaw.org)

submitted 10 months ago by brie@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Fossify Gallery on the official F-Droid repo

The removal isn't directly related to the buyout/fork. Simple Gallery was taken off of F-Droid due to a dependency on the nonfree Google VR being discovered by IzzySoft¹ ². Fossify's fork has removed the dependent features to be compliant³.

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[–] uzi@lemmy.ca 33 points 10 months ago (15 children)

The whole Simple apps suite should be removed because they are never going to get another update again in the F-Droid repository.

[–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not getting updates doesn't make any app inherently bad. Possible bugs just won't get fixed. If an app is feature complete and everything works as they should there's no need to update it.

[–] Stowaway@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

While I agree the apps shouldn't be removed, updates aren't just about features. Updates fix bugs, security holes, and improve performance. I'm notsaying these apps in particular have issues, though what app doesnt, just pointing it out in general.

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