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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

im not so sure about fdroid long term

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been leaning more and more towards using fdroid just to find apps and then using Obtainium to install them directly from source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Same. I'm using Obtanium anyway for things that are github-only, no real need to have the clunky fdroid client installed as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hell, it's the only App Store I will even touch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not saying its worse but I recall seeing an article about some change in policy with it but honestly I can't find it now. Maybe it was fud.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I think I remember something about that, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I feel like whatever it was, it was rather recent, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

did you read the other replies? nothing much but a bit back there was some article about changes in terms of paid for stuff. I can't find it now though so not sure how real it was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

im not against paid for stuff per se

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

yeah I don't really have enough details to be sure but like everything I like to have a backup plan.