Open-source apps are consistently better than the average closed source app on the playstore (opinion)
Open-source apps are consistently better than the average closed source app on the playstore (opinion)
Has anyone noticed that apps on F-Droid or that you just get from GitHub are just better than the ultra-popular apps on the play store? Most of them are open source and have no ads or trackers. But this isn't true on the Play Store at all.
I see myself always getting apps from F-Droid now because there is always an alternative to the ad-infested bloated privacy infesting BS that I find on the play store. It's unfortunate that it's gotten this bad, where the only reason I even use the play store is to install updates or games.
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As someone that is very new to FOSS, especially on mobile, it sounds like F-Droid is a Play Store replacement. Where can I download that safely?
I personally use Droidify. It's an f-droid client.
Yeah I use Droid-ify too. Reasons why is that it looks much better than the stock F-Droid client and is also much newer. Of course I still have the original client just in case but droidify is just better overall
I would guess the safest way would be through the project side: https://f-droid.org/
Other commenters recommended droidify, I personally like Neo Store. Both are good options!
Aside from the site which others have linked to go further you could also verify with the signing keys to make sure the apk is indeed one from f-droid
https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Release_Channels_and_Signing_Keys/