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Been using it since the alpha came out, absolutely love what they've done with the app. The installation flow is much smoother with the instant prompt for confirmation, the more granular categories and improved search make browsing so much better. I tried other stores before, but I couldn't get myself to like any of the actively maintained ones, v2.0 is good for me.
Nice. There's just a FOSS alternative for almost everything these days. I get 80% of my apps from F-Droid.
The only non foss apps that I use are banking apps and whatsapp (forced to use it...). Everything else is foss.
Same. Its great!
Isn't everybody using Droid-ify anyway?
First I've heard of it tbh. I'll check it out, thankyou
Yup
Honestly the new ui is nice enough I may be switching back to the official F-droid app.
We'll see where I stay. I love the simplicity of droid-ify but sometimes have some issues with minor jank
I've just been rawdoggin it with the OG f-droid app
I love that I've never heard of Droidify. Open source offers a buffet of alternatives.
I get pretty much everything through obtainium
No. Team neo store represent
+1 for neo store. I wonder if the new f-droid overhaul catches up as neo is pretty fantastic.
Edit, just looked at the screenshots, looks better than before but I'll stick with neo.
Almost exclusively use F-Droid. Great news!
This kind of news always terrifies me. Will see though.
I've only started using F-Droid recently, but it's UI is a clusterfuck. I welcome an overhaul.
When you find an app, F-Droid 2.0 will make the installation process easier. Google has long put up roadblocks for sideloaded apps, citing the security implications. This is also the rationale behind its upcoming developer verification system. For now at least, apps will be easier to install from F-Droid thanks to the use of Google’s pre-approval API.
That answers my question if those smoother installs already account for Google's insistence in making "sideloading" way more annoying. They do not.
I have been using droidify for some time now since the updates and install part has always been a bit weird and the notifications too. Hope it is better now. Not super happy with my current option either.
What I really want is a way to use it properly on the TV, because all the current store apps are so, but so so bad and horrible in a screen controlled with a remote control that is almost a joke.
well ... i'll stick with droidify
Now that's a name I have not heard in a long time.....
You haven't? I always check F-Droid first if I want a new app.
Can't speak for the person you're replying to, but I always check the F-Droid repository first, too... but not using the F-Droid app because it's been a sub-par choice for years.
Droid-ify is what I use, but there are others. Many include/allow other FOSS repos and have additional useful features.
The repo, yes. The fdroid app was pretty shit for a long time. You had to update apps individually, for instance (I think that's fixed now?)
I had an issue with that on older android. On lineage mass update is fine.
My F-Droid app has been able to bulk-update for two years now. Sometimes you have to trigger the update process manually, but the apps all get updated.
Ah, that makes sense. I'm on droidify now, maybe I'll check out fdroid again.
