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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no "Editor's Picks" on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

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[–] merde 21 points 7 months ago (4 children)

now install Droid-ify from Fdroid and you can uninstall Fdroid 😁

once you're on Droid-ify enable repos from Izzy, divestOs, newpipe, cromite, &c

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Yeah, you can enable those repos in plain f-droid, too.

What is the draw of droidify other than (I think) using material design?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Droidify auto updates were hit and miss for me, compared to flawless F-Droid Basic unattended background updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You mean Foxy Droid.

[–] Gooey0210 4 points 7 months ago

They meant neo store

[–] ruplicant 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

isn't Izzy's full of closed source stuff?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Nope, They only add apps for which source code is available and don't have any trackers

[–] merde 1 points 7 months ago

is it?

any sources?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

There is at least one proprietary app there (Shizuku) and many others have proprietary blobs.