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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I has come to my attention that some users have never heard of F-droid. F-droid is a free software app store for android (f-droid.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Something worth noting is that F-Droid is both an app to download other apps but they also maintains a repository of apps. You can use alternative store apps (like Droid-ify) with the F-Droid repository OR you could use the F-Droid app with a different repository (like IzzyOnDroid). You can mix and match to meet your needs.

I use the Droid-ify app with the F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, microG, NewPipe, and Collabora repositories.

Once you start down this rabbit hole, give Obtanium a look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neostore is also a good alternative to the normal f-droid client

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yep. Their permission and tracker built in viewer is a super qol feature

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would avoid adding other repositories because you are risking malware and anti features.

F-droid is slow to get updates but it also verifies each app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There is safety there, but you're just as safe using the the developer's own repository for their apps, like NewPipe, Collabora, or the Guardian Project.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just have the basic f droid app, the layout is awful and confusing. Is there one you suggest?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think he did suggest droid-ify with fdroid repo: https://github.com/Droid-ify/client

Looks good, I will try it out. You have it in F-droid :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of Droid-ify.