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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Apparently they don't understand that the F in F-Droid is for FOSS.

I'm 100% all for adding a repository with paid apps, but it's not and shouldn't be marketed as F-Droid.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Paid and FOSS are not mutually exclusive. You can always build packages yourself if you don't want to pay. A well executed implementation might allow some projects to drop or reduce their play store efforts.

[–] PopOfAfrica 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I will download APKs off a website before I use anything with ads.

[–] Carighan 2 points 1 month ago

You did not really read the post then.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

@PopOfAfrica @aard

I don't see ads in apps. You don't have to either.

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

Paid and FOSS are mutually exclusive. Open source and FOSS aren't.

But how, you ask? Free means having the right to do whatever you want with your copy including make copies and redistribute. Thus, how can it be free while demanding a payment before allowing usage?

That's why I said, FOSS Droid? Nah! Open Source Droid? Knock yourself out. I'm actually looking forward to supporting some of the developers of apps I love.

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

One of the things you're free to do is pay for a copy of the binary. Therefore you haven't shown that FOSS and paid are mutually exclusive. 😁

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The F stands for β€œfree” as in β€œfreedom”, not β€œfree beer”.

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

Stripe is not free software nor is any online payment system these days.

Not to mention online payments come at the cost of privacy

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

Neither of your statements are antithetical to mine.

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

It stands for freedom as in protecting the 4 free software freedoms.

[–] Carighan 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which part of the acronym "FOSS" stands for "no advertisement" again? Remind me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The freedom part, unless they use an ad network that doesn't track users or impressions.