I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

I’ve always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let’s change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

  • Fushuan [he/him]English
    16•5 months ago

    €0.00—Aurora Store. Breaks rule 4. €0.00—F-Droid. Breaks rule 4.

    Rule 4: No association with or reference to crypto“currencies” because these are greed incentivizing pyramid schemes.

    They… They are app stores. Aurora is just a reskin of fdroid, they use the same repos What’s the association, the fact that they let you install apps related to it? Bruh.

    • PureTryOut
      17•5 months ago

      Aurora isn’t a reskinned F-Droid and neiter does it use the same repositories. It’s a client for the Google Play Store, but one that doesn’t require an account or Google Services. And that’s not what F-Droid is.

    • @[email protected]
      3•5 months ago

      Rule 4: No association with or reference to crypto“currencies” because these are greed incentivizing pyramid schemes.

      Aurora accepts cryptocurrencies as donations. And F-Droid also did but apparently its on hold.

      • CynicusRexOP
        1•5 months ago

        I only just became aware of this. The essay has been corrected, and donated to F-Droid.