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I don't know if it's related, but I recently started using apps from f-droid. Maybe I should have done that much earlier, but necessity forced ky hand. I just c

• nmstoker 1y ago
  What do you think maintains this difference on the F-droid side, given there are presumably lower barriers to entry with F-droid?
  • jlokier 1y ago
    Actually, F-Droid has quite strict requirements on the apps it will accept, and it enforces them. Low-effort spammy apps with ads and in-app purchases are unlikely to be accepted. Standard Android in-app purchases, efficient notifications, or ads which use Google services, won't be accepted at all, though FLOSS versions of those things are ok in principle. From https://f-droid.org/docs/Inclusion_Policy/ https://f-droid.org/docs/Inclusion_Policy/ : > All applications in the repository must be Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) – for example, released under a GPL or Apache license. > Every effort is made to verify that this is actually the case, both by visual inspection of the source, and by building the application from the published source. > We cannot build apps using Google’s proprietary “Play Services”. > We cannot build apps using proprietary tracking/analytic dependencies like Crashlytics and Firebase. > We cannot build apps using proprietary ad libraries. > The source code for the application must be maintained in a publicly accessible Version Control System which we have support for > The original app author has been notified (and does not oppose the inclusion).