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Repository Overhaul in new F-Droid Client 1.20 (f-droid.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how the ability of users to actually know which repository an app comes from and change the repository makes it more likely for devs to not remove anti-features.

I've had this exact issue a month ago where an app was available in official F-Droid repos and Izzy's and I didn't know which repo F-Droid selected by default.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Lowering the barrier of entry for dangerous options is an important UX decision.

Its the same reason it requires so many clicks to bypass a cert issue in browsers.

Installing from third party repos is dangerous. It should be possible, but not easy