I got to watch a disagreement between users in a discord server the other day. The argument was basically that all apps on GOS should be installed from the following sources. GOS > Accrescent > Play Store. Basically, if it’s not found on one, you should progress to the other. Installing through Git…

I’d say the apps on F-Droid are generally safe in my experience. I haven’t heard of anyone getting any viruses from F-Droid either. I’d say most open source app stores are fine, unless it’s something like Aptoide or whatever.

My main issue with F-droid is updates take like an extra week to be published due to the f-droid team manually checking em (or so i heard), that’s way too long… I rather use Obtanium and Aurora Store. Tho keep in mind, versions from the Google Play Store are sometimes handicapped compared to the git…

[image] Yo: extra week to be published due to the f-droid team manually checking em (or so i heard), that’s way too long there are no manual/additional checks after the initial inclusion the delay comes from the merge & build cycle: F-Droid Monitor

[image] anon63378630: there are no manual/additional checks after the initial inclusion Which realistically makes it kinda useless? Steam is same way, when u first upload ur game steam checks it but any patches after are not checked. That’s why steam has had 5 malware this year alone, at leas…

[image] Yo: GrapheneOS app store is only available on GrapheneOS It’s included in GrapheneOS but can also be used on other Android 12+ operating systems. [image] Releases · GrapheneOS/AppStore Contribute to GrapheneOS/AppStore development by creating an account on GitHub. …

I just installed it on my samsung (yes yes i know) [Screenshot_20251018_115120_App Store] There’s a whooping 6 apps on it, 5 if u don’t count the Accrescent app store (which itself has 32 apps) Out of those 5 apps, i tried their secure pdf viewer, and i’m sure it’s the most secure “try ur best f…

That was the reason for my initial question. The people on the GOS discord and forum that say that f-droid, aurora, and obtanium were unsafe were saying that you should use the GOS and accrescent stores first, but realistically, what that means is you’re using Google Play for everything anyways, and…

[image] DutchBaby: The argument was basically that all apps on GOS should be installed from the following sources. GOS > Accrescent > Play Store. Basically, if it’s not found on one, you should progress to the other. Installing through Github was also an acceptable solution to them, though I per…

[image] Libre_Software_Enjoyer: I think Github is the worst solution off all of them agreed [image] Libre_Software_Enjoyer: apks are often not signed false [image] Libre_Software_Enjoyer: entirely depends on the security of the url false except for initial installs [image] …

I generally use F-Droid for two kinds of app installations: those made available through third-party F-Droid repositories and reproducibly built apps (making migration away from F-Droid simple if needed). Beyond that, F-Droid is also a great starting place for app discovery because of its long histo…

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