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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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F-Droid exploring to include paid apps, in-apps, subscription, and ads in app (f-droid.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Neon 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good. Developers should be paid for their work.

[+] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@Neon @10_0 I personally paid for FairEmail pro features, a little more that what they asked because their app is useful to my daily life. I felt however uneasy doing so because you just PayPal to a random email address, it would be better to have an official payment service for Foss apps though.

[–] RubberElectrons 2 points 3 months ago

Same here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

YES. So many good apps that get abandoned. Donations are all well and good but I suspect they only really pay well for the high profile apps. If a paid app will keep a Dev motivated to keep it updated I am all for it.

Subscription apps can go fuck themselves though. (Charge me for the upgrades instead).