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Seeing a lot of outdated apps being recommended, is that safe? (self.opensource)

submitted 1 year ago by borzthewolf to c/[email protected]

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I've come to realize that a lot of foss android apps are pretty outdated and usually abandoned. Is that even safe to use? Like even the fdroid archive repository, are those safe to use? I'm still rather new to the foss world, but in my mind it seems a very outdated app is probably not safe or am I missing something here?

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[–] borzthewolf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So just because fdroid says an app hasn't been updated since 2020, that doesn't necessarily mean its not being maintend or is abandoned?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Its a strong indicator it isn't being maintained, and it is abandoned. But its not a guarantee, some code is very mature, but its the exception rather then the rule