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F-Droid apps aren't going to include proprietary SDKs. Yet another reason to use F-Droid (on Android/AOSP).
by zozbot123 8y ago
F-Droid apps aren't going to include proprietary SDKs. Yet another reason to use F-Droid (on Android/AOSP).
- jklinger410 8y agoTracking may be reduced, but being in F-Droid doesn't really mean anything. Take this on a per-case basis. You would need to check the traffic of each app that you use.
- bubblethink 8y agoBeing on official f-droid categorically means no proprietary sdks. The app could still make calls to random servers, but that would be in the open since the app needs to be open source.
- vageli 8y agoIs that true? F-Droid usually lists apps that I "won't like" because they include non-free software.
- bubblethink 8y agoF-droid doesn't have non-free software. F-droid flags some apps with anti-features for various reasons like non-free network services (https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Category:Apps_with_NonFreeNet_antifeature https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Category:Apps_with_NonFreeNet_...), which is quite useless honestly since it makes no difference even if a remote service is free since you don't control that end. Perhaps historically f-droid allowed non-free dependencies (https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/AntiFeatures https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/AntiFeatures), but I don't think that's a thing any more. I don't see any major apps in that category.
- vageli 8y agoAh, admittedly it has been some time since I've tried to run a completely free Android device so I may have been mistaken.
- jklinger410 8y agoOkay but "proprietary sdks" are not the only thing that tracks you in an app.
- javajosh 8y agoThe only real way to avoid stuff like this is to install something like little snitch for phones.