RT @DanPeGon@twitter.com: Izzysoft: the best third-party opensource repository for F-Droid app @fdroidorg@twitter.com https://android.izzysoft.de/repo
@fdroidorg Why is F-Droid promoting proprietary software? This feels like a breach of trust #foss community has for F-Droid project.
@gutigen @fdroidorg IMHO thats fine, as its noticeable separated from the official one. Debian also supports contributed/non-free, but the default is Foss only.
User should be able to make their own decisions and its OK to stay informed.
@brustschmerz @fdroidorg I totally agree that everyone should make their own choice, but I don't think project like F-Droid which we trust to be Android front and center for pure #foss should promote repositories with proprietary software on social media.
Like #yalp store (which we tooted about occasionally as well) #izzy's repo can be seen as an intermediate step for people not (yet) comfortable with using only the fully free main #fdroid repo. In that sense it's very valuable to the #foss ecosystem. Except 2 apps everything these is under an open source license though it might not satisfy the stricter inclusion requirements of the main repo.
@fdroidorg @gutigen @brustschmerz I wouldn't mind if more proprietary apps were available via F-Droid. My phone doesn't have Google Play, but I still need a few proprietary apps like Whatsapp. With Yalp, there is always a chance that Google will shut it down.
@nutomic you could use something like this https://github.com/NoMore201/playmaker
@novaphoenix That looks interesting, but I have to host my own server? Or is there a public instance?
@nutomic I recommend hosting your own so you can choose the apps, not sure if any public instances exist