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If they can come up with a "Play Store" that developers can drop in ungoogled versions of their official apps, that would be killer.

uncletammy 7y ago
I think you're looking for this: https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/
- ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
  The store I'm suggesting would contain commercial, non FOSS apps as well. There are some apps I use that will probably never be open source and there's no website version either. For wider adoption, I think this would be necessary. Otherwise these phones will always remain a niche product.
  - zozbot234 7y ago
    FlatHub has commercial, proprietary apps in Flatpak sandbox format. It's generally targeted at "desktop" users, but the Flatpak sandbox ought to work just as easily on mobile devices based on mainline Linux, including the Purism phone.
  - FalconSensei 7y ago
    Agree I can install f-droid, but I would still need the play store for most things...
prophesi 7y ago
It's been in early development for ages, but MicroG's degoogled Play Store may fit the bill. https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ I could see there being a filter for apps without google dependencies. That said, I think F-Droid is still the better choice. If the source isn't open, then it'll be hard to prove that the apps aren't degoogled in the first place.
- gruez 7y ago
  >It's been in early development for ages, but MicroG's degoogled Play Store may fit the bill. >https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ I think you meant https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ ? microg hasn't worked with play store for a while now.
  - prophesi 7y ago
    No, I meant microg's Phonesky. Aurora Store is probably why Phonesky's development has been nonexistent; Aurora already seems to do what Phonesky was hoping to accomplish.

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If they can come up with a "Play Store" that developers can drop in ungoogled versions of their official apps, that would be killer.

by ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago

uncletammy 7y ago
I think you're looking for this: https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/
- ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
  The store I'm suggesting would contain commercial, non FOSS apps as well. There are some apps I use that will probably never be open source and there's no website version either. For wider adoption, I think this would be necessary. Otherwise these phones will always remain a niche product.
  - zozbot234 7y ago
    FlatHub has commercial, proprietary apps in Flatpak sandbox format. It's generally targeted at "desktop" users, but the Flatpak sandbox ought to work just as easily on mobile devices based on mainline Linux, including the Purism phone.
  - FalconSensei 7y ago
    Agree I can install f-droid, but I would still need the play store for most things...
prophesi 7y ago
It's been in early development for ages, but MicroG's degoogled Play Store may fit the bill. https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ I could see there being a filter for apps without google dependencies. That said, I think F-Droid is still the better choice. If the source isn't open, then it'll be hard to prove that the apps aren't degoogled in the first place.
- gruez 7y ago
  >It's been in early development for ages, but MicroG's degoogled Play Store may fit the bill. >https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ I think you meant https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/ ? microg hasn't worked with play store for a while now.
  - prophesi 7y ago
    No, I meant microg's Phonesky. Aurora Store is probably why Phonesky's development has been nonexistent; Aurora already seems to do what Phonesky was hoping to accomplish.