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[โ€“] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I too would like to know. Alternatively, does anyone know of any reputable F-Droid alternatives?

[โ€“] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Edit: sorry, as the guy below stated, this is not an alternative just a new coat of paint

I've been using droid-ify for a bit now and quite like it

[โ€“] solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

+1 for droid-ify. Much more polished than f-droid too, IMO.

[โ€“] Atemu@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's just an alternative front-end for the same service. The problem is the distribution itself, not the client used to access it.

[โ€“] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh shit, sorry, thank you for the correction

[โ€“] RovingFox@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I recommend using Obtainium. It is not a store by himself but it is compatible with a lot of stores including github.

[โ€“] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, I also thought about Obtanium. Mind those are two different approaches. F-Droid builds things from source, removes trackers and invading libraries, sometimes patches something and there are maintainers who have an independent look at things. Obtanium just fetches what the original developers uploaded to Github and installs it on your device. For the better or worse.

[โ€“] NotATurtle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Is there something like obtainium with the ability to build from source?

[โ€“] Atemu@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Github isn't a "store". It's just upstream repos where the owner can upload any artifact they like.

[โ€“] RovingFox@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

didn't say it was, and that wasn't even the point

[โ€“] Atemu@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

it is compatible with a lot of stores including github.