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NGI Mobifree funds client app overhaul | F-Droid (f-droid.org)
submitted 4 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@programming.dev
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The F-Droid app was created in 2009 in the early days of Android and lots of its code is still that old. While the ecosystem has seen many drastic shifts, the F-Droid community heroically kept the app alive with band aids and chewing gum.

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[–] hosaka@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Obtanium is also a good alternative btw

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's good alongside F-Droid, doesn't really work as a complete replacement.

[–] hosaka@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

It pretty much does, at least for all the apps I want to use I have no need to use fdroid. If not, maintainers should probably publish apks and have reproducible builds

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We kind of got Droidify for that

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's updated like once a year though.

[–] Lolen10@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's definitely more than once per year (more like every 2-4 months). And as long as it works (which it does) I couldn't care less.