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Honestly, I feel much safer getting my apps form F-Droid than any big "official" app-store. I was searching for a QR code reader since oneplus removed the one

Honestly, I feel much safer getting my apps form F-Droid than any big "official" app-store. I was searching for a QR code reader since oneplus removed the one built in the camera app for some reason (f*ck you oneplus, that's the last time I'm giving you my money) and all the results in the Google Play Store seemed like ad/spy-ware even though they had millions of downloads and top ratings. F-Droid gave me much cleaner options without ads or telemetry. Same for weather apps and audio players (yes, I'm THAT guy who still has MP3s). While they don't have the best UX in the world, apps on F-Droid seem much lighter on resources, data and battery, not to mention better privacy, than what you find on the Play Store. Add in gems like New Pipe and Blokada which make F-Droid priceless and IMHO the only reason why I'm stil on Android.

marapuru 5y ago
It was a bit of a relevation for me recently to find that Firefox on mobile has an embedded QR code reader. Since most QR's are URL's anyway that helped me out here.
matkoniecz 5y ago
F-Droid is without spammy, ad-filled low quality garbage - what makes much easier to find usable apps. And open source makes quite harder to monetize in user-hostile way - and F-Droid actually blocks apps that are user hostile and allowed on Google store.
throwawaysea 5y ago
As someone who is unfamiliar with f-droid - how does it work? So I need to somehow crack my phone to use it? Would installing it void a Samsung warranty or prevent me from access to my carrier’s network or from receiving OS updates?
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago
  You don't need to crack anything. Just download and install the F-Droid app store[1] and agree to the security prompt where your phone asks if you trust installing apps from this source, then you're off to the races. [1]https://www.f-droid.org/ https://www.f-droid.org/
  - progre 5y ago
    Install how? My Samsung won't let me run .apk:s.
    - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
      Sounds a bit off as I personally installed f-droid on my mom's new Samsung last month and all I did was allow f-droid to the trusted sources when the security prompt came up. Maybe check out this tutorial: https://youtu.be/_0fhLF8a1nU https://youtu.be/_0fhLF8a1nU
      - progre 5y ago
        Yup, exactly what I did, turns out my download was corrupt. Downloaded again, and it installed fine.
    - marak830 5y ago
      Do you have "allow install unknown apps" enabled in security?
      - progre 5y ago
        Yes, turns out the downloaded apk was corrupt. I did a new download and it installed fine.
ignoramous 5y ago
F-Droid volunteers have their work cut out with open source apps hiding tracking in plain-sight. Under-funded, but the volunteers are indeed working towards auditing most of the 3K+ apps F-Droid hosts. Ex A (issue I personally reported to F-Droid): https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/oayfeo/el15_why_does_blokada_5_has_anti_features_while/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/oayfeo/el15_why_...

marapuru 5y ago

It was a bit of a relevation for me recently to find that Firefox on mobile has an embedded QR code reader. Since most QR's are URL's anyway that helped me out here.

matkoniecz 5y ago

F-Droid is without spammy, ad-filled low quality garbage - what makes much easier to find usable apps. And open source makes quite harder to monetize in user-hostile way - and F-Droid actually blocks apps that are user hostile and allowed on Google store.

throwawaysea 5y ago

As someone who is unfamiliar with f-droid - how does it work? So I need to somehow crack my phone to use it? Would installing it void a Samsung warranty or prevent me from access to my carrier’s network or from receiving OS updates?

ChuckNorris89 5y ago
You don't need to crack anything. Just download and install the F-Droid app store[1] and agree to the security prompt where your phone asks if you trust installing apps from this source, then you're off to the races. [1]https://www.f-droid.org/ https://www.f-droid.org/
- progre 5y ago
  Install how? My Samsung won't let me run .apk:s.
  - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
    Sounds a bit off as I personally installed f-droid on my mom's new Samsung last month and all I did was allow f-droid to the trusted sources when the security prompt came up. Maybe check out this tutorial: https://youtu.be/_0fhLF8a1nU https://youtu.be/_0fhLF8a1nU
    - progre 5y ago
      Yup, exactly what I did, turns out my download was corrupt. Downloaded again, and it installed fine.
  - marak830 5y ago
    Do you have "allow install unknown apps" enabled in security?
    - progre 5y ago
      Yes, turns out the downloaded apk was corrupt. I did a new download and it installed fine.

ignoramous 5y ago

F-Droid volunteers have their work cut out with open source apps hiding tracking in plain-sight. Under-funded, but the volunteers are indeed working towards auditing most of the 3K+ apps F-Droid hosts. Ex A (issue I personally reported to F-Droid): https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/oayfeo/el15_why_does_blokada_5_has_anti_features_while/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/oayfeo/el15_why_...