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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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[–] Rogers@lemmy.ml 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The bot should at least pick from a pool of apps new enough to run on the latest 2 versions of Android. There's a lot of ancient apps that haven't been updated in ages.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The bot could just filter out any app that didn't receive an update in the last ~1 year.

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There are many good apps that don't receive/need regular updates anymore. Besides, giving them more attention might encourage new contributions.

Edit: maybe we can make an exception for this though: