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Being 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
by bubblethink 8y ago
Being 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.