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I don't know if things have changed but I only used F-Droid as a way to get packages and update them. It's worthless for trying to find an app. The descriptions

I don't know if things have changed but I only used F-Droid as a way to get packages and update them. It's worthless for trying to find an app. The descriptions are terrible and often misleading ("Pubic transit schedule app!"...that turns out to only be for one specific scandanvian trolley system...) the search function is terrible and there's zero user review or rating system. F-Droid also has no e-commerce functionality. The vast majority of software on F-Droid is My First Android App garbage, usually doesn't follow any common best practices for UI/UX on Android, is extremely specific (like a door-opening app for a hackerspace in Germany) or all of the above. I don't see how you could possibly compare them with a straight face. The one or two times I've found an app on Apple's app store to not be up to snuff, getting a refund was completely painless and Apple is known for being pretty liberal about refunds, because I think both they and app developers realize that a smooth exit for an unhappy app customer is the best for everyone involved. The paid apps I've bought on iOS have been miles better than Android apps, too. I was shocked to discover that an excellent Solitare program I used on an original iPhone is still kicking around getting regular updates from its developer. It shows one ad, briefly, after a game win (I think it doesn't even show an ad after a game loss.) Most of the stuff I bought on Android? The dev abandoned it within a year or two, and then it broke not long after...

anonymousab 5y ago
> The vast majority of software on F-Droid is My First Android App garbage, usually doesn't follow any common best practices for UI/UX on Android, is extremely specific And thank goodness for that. If I just want an app to strip EXIF data and crop+resize, the relevant F-Droid app will be that, and just that, and will simply have a button front and center to do the things, and not hide crap behind whatever fancy multiple-taps nested menu indistinguishable-from-background options are the latest Google-driven UX fad. And as a bonus, it'll usually be smaller and lacking the analytics and ads and nagging subscription features that infest so many comparative "useful" apps on the play store.
prmoustache 5y ago
> It's worthless for trying to find an app. The descriptions are terrible and often misleading 2 notes: - the google playstore is even worse to find something and much more misleading. Hey you can't even sort out apps that include ads. - You usually get the necessary info quickly even though it might take an additionnal step. The project repo/website is always mentioned, you can consult it. But yes regardless of the store, sometimes it is faster to check for an app and eventually install it using a regular search engine and follow the "playstore/f-droid/iOS/direct apk link".

anonymousab 5y ago

> The vast majority of software on F-Droid is My First Android App garbage, usually doesn't follow any common best practices for UI/UX on Android, is extremely specific And thank goodness for that. If I just want an app to strip EXIF data and crop+resize, the relevant F-Droid app will be that, and just that, and will simply have a button front and center to do the things, and not hide crap behind whatever fancy multiple-taps nested menu indistinguishable-from-background options are the latest Google-driven UX fad. And as a bonus, it'll usually be smaller and lacking the analytics and ads and nagging subscription features that infest so many comparative "useful" apps on the play store.

prmoustache 5y ago

> It's worthless for trying to find an app. The descriptions are terrible and often misleading 2 notes: - the google playstore is even worse to find something and much more misleading. Hey you can't even sort out apps that include ads. - You usually get the necessary info quickly even though it might take an additionnal step. The project repo/website is always mentioned, you can consult it. But yes regardless of the store, sometimes it is faster to check for an app and eventually install it using a regular search engine and follow the "playstore/f-droid/iOS/direct apk link".