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F-Droid mentions (375)

• Hosting Your Own AI Chatbot on Android Devices

  Head over to the F-Droid website and follow the instructions to install the app. Once that's done, open F-Droid and search for Termux and install the latest version. Please don't use Google Play Store to install Termux, as the version there is very outdated. - Source: dev.to / 26 days ago

• VLC can't update on Android without giving Google private signing keys

  The freedom, such as it is, comes from alternative app stores. I trust F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/) somewhat more than I trust apps on the Play Store so that's my first stop when I'm looking for something. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Decluttering your life with a smartphone

  You can find alternative apps for almost everything. Most of the opensource alternatives have no im built trackers. Use https://f-droid.org/ for free open source, adfree, tracker-free apps. Source: 5 months ago

• ⟳ 2 apps added, 35 updated at f-droid.org

  F-Droid Basic (version 1.18.0): The minimal client app for the app store that respects freedom and privacy. Source: 6 months ago

• Android App Devs now require 20 people to test before publishing to Play Store

  This lockdown of what used to be a relatively accessible app distribution system is sad. At least we have F-Droid :) https://f-droid.org. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Altstore mentions (475)

• Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says

  AltStore (https://altstore.io/) is available, but only has two apps last time I checked. - Source: Hacker News / about 21 hours ago

• A first look at Europe's alternative iPhone app stores

  AltServer from the AltStore folks allows you to automate the renewal of sideloaded apps. It’s not perfect, but it’s an excellent workaround. http://altstore.io/. - Source: Hacker News / 28 days ago

• More options for apps distributed in the European Union

  That's probably to prevent the most obvious workaround of creating a new shell company for every million users. (Which would be not so ridiculous as it sounds, there is plenty of software you cannot buy directly but only through a reseller. Epic could become a pure b2b shop on paper and sell Fortnite clients to regional distributors, or something like that.) Some time ago somebody made an alternative App Store for... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Ask HN: Is it possible to build React Native for iOS without a Mac?

  See: https://altstore.io/ 2 apps, re-sign weekly maximum. 3 if you do it without AltStore. Unlimited with a $99/yr developer account. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Do I need to get out the soldering-iron again? (2018)

  I mean, that's fine. My argument about adblockers applies to other software too: the Apple ecosystem has some of the basics (like sync, browsers, etc) figured out for me so that I don't need to fiddle with it. While I'd like to use Firefox, I don't need to, and the tradeoffs that come with accepting Safari instead are worth it for my specific situation. Forcing myself into a different... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago