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Hi. I have just become aware of F-Droid. Is this something I should be looking into or downloading? What are the cons to doing so? Is it bad/dangerous in any way?

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[โ€“] MargotRobbie 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

F-Droid is like the Play Store, except everything on it is free and open source.

There are no cons of downloading F-Droid, and they check all of the packages for bad activity before uploading so you should be fine. However, as with many open source software, some of the UX on these free apps might be a bit janky to use.

[โ€“] wheresyourshoe 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for responding! Good to know it's all safe. I appreciate you!