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As much as I like F-Droid, it really needs some improvements to be considered a competitor to the Google Play Store. First and foremost, they need a system wher

As much as I like F-Droid, it really needs some improvements to be considered a competitor to the Google Play Store. First and foremost, they need a system where you can rate and review the apps.

Krasnol 7y ago
I stopped trusting reviews many years ago. They are like the comment section under an article: useless.
- techntoke 7y ago
  While I generally agree that they can be useless, they can also help in searching and finding quality content. If you're getting a bunch of fake negative reviews then that is a different problem.
  - Krasnol 7y ago
    Fake negative are one thing. Fake positives are much more common with products.
coretx 7y ago
Disagree. All it needs is a couple of curated/reliable repositories doing the rating. ( They can even be commercial. ) A scaleable and easy job because it's all "free", thus it creates a social web of trust among curators & end user alike; beating the Google Play Store due to effectively not having a ton of taurus feces apps. It has the potential to not only make money, but save a ton too.
iamnotacrook 7y ago
No, reviews aren't important. Whether it's apps, books, movies or music, trusting a review only makes sense if you value the reviewer and I don't know if you've read reviews of Android apps but it's the same morons who are posting on YouTube, Reddit etc. Thanks but I'll decide what to install via other means.
- henryfjordan 7y ago
  There are morons everywhere, but humans are generally correct in the aggregate. See examples here: https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/the-wisdom-of-crowds-and-bean-jar-experiments/ https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/the-wisdom-of-cro... Just slap a captcha on there or something or avoid bots
bchanudet 7y ago
I'd rather have a search engine on the app that provides me a relevant list of results. I mean I know the capabilities are limited because the search is supposed to work offline and doesn't call home for help, but if you don't know the exact name of the app you're looking for, then the experience is a little more tedious.

As much as I like F-Droid, it really needs some improvements to be considered a competitor to the Google Play Store. First and foremost, they need a system where you can rate and review the apps.

Krasnol 7y ago

I stopped trusting reviews many years ago. They are like the comment section under an article: useless.

techntoke 7y ago
While I generally agree that they can be useless, they can also help in searching and finding quality content. If you're getting a bunch of fake negative reviews then that is a different problem.
- Krasnol 7y ago
  Fake negative are one thing. Fake positives are much more common with products.

coretx 7y ago

Disagree. All it needs is a couple of curated/reliable repositories doing the rating. ( They can even be commercial. ) A scaleable and easy job because it's all "free", thus it creates a social web of trust among curators & end user alike; beating the Google Play Store due to effectively not having a ton of taurus feces apps. It has the potential to not only make money, but save a ton too.

iamnotacrook 7y ago

No, reviews aren't important. Whether it's apps, books, movies or music, trusting a review only makes sense if you value the reviewer and I don't know if you've read reviews of Android apps but it's the same morons who are posting on YouTube, Reddit etc. Thanks but I'll decide what to install via other means.

henryfjordan 7y ago
There are morons everywhere, but humans are generally correct in the aggregate. See examples here: https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/the-wisdom-of-crowds-and-bean-jar-experiments/ https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/the-wisdom-of-cro... Just slap a captcha on there or something or avoid bots

bchanudet 7y ago

I'd rather have a search engine on the app that provides me a relevant list of results. I mean I know the capabilities are limited because the search is supposed to work offline and doesn't call home for help, but if you don't know the exact name of the app you're looking for, then the experience is a little more tedious.