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NGI Mobifree funds client app overhaul | F-Droid (f-droid.org)

submitted 3 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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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day 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