SimpleX Messenger is a great option.

and some people are ignorant

Thank you. I wouldnt have known this if it wasn’t for this post. I’ve never seen these sites. Good post.

XMR is decentralized and its seen as a currency

anyone know the name of this case? asking for a friend

Nostr must be a bigger tree

Why isn’t it possible for a creator to exist?

Thom Yorke 🔥

Aurora Store isnt needed because of Graphene’s Sandboxed Google Play Services.

Obtainium app is best for installing APKs from github, fdroid, etc because of the auto updates.

My favorite feature of GOS is the scopes for contacts, storage, and MTE support on Pixel 8

Watch this in a dark home theater

https://youtu.be/Zgg7BgaFG1s

We go to sleep and it clears

Why is a windows computer not my computer? makes no sense

pls buy a new phone lol

https://gitworkshop.dev

Everything should work perfectly fine.

Just make sure you know which apps are not supported on GOS such as Netflix, Hulu, Cash App, etc because of the Play Integrity API. Don’t be afraid to use the Play Store as well. Its treated like any other app on the system so it isn’t highly privileged.

Also, one thing that was a problem for me at first was the restore solution (and backup solution). You will have to transfer your files from an external drive whether its the cloud or a local one.

Feel free to join the GrapheneOS Discord/Matrix/Telegram server and ask more questions because they’re very knowledgeable people that can support you.

I’m not sure about pizza but I’ve heard a guy putting a casserole in his oven and forgot about it because his coworker was begging him to hang out with him. When he walked back home, his house was burned down to the ground and the firefighters told him “Some knucklehead left a casserole in the oven.” He was super devastated after that.

I think your thinking im against FOSS but you’re not understanding. Many people in the FOSS community only care about privacy and ignore security. A developer can implement security benefits to FOSS but many people don’t care to do it.

Accrescent is FOSS and it has much higher security benefits than F-Droid. Accrescent allows both open and closed sourced apps because there’s no benefit being exclusive to having FOSS apps in their catalog.

If the user chooses to not use proprietary apps on Accrescent, they don’t have to install them.

2 - Manual installation methods can be insecure because a lot of people don’t update their apps all the time. Obviously rooting a phone is insecure, but having no auto updates in 2023 is crazy.

4 - It is very true, having zero quality control on new apps. The flagging of apps with problems is just following the FOSS philosophy. Any FOSS app can be added to F-Droid.

5 - Not sure why you would want to install abandoned apps on F-Droid, let alone use an EOL device. A lot of people don’t check if apps are maintained because they trust their app store.

6 - FOSS doesn’t automatically mean its secure or private. Also, why is it that I have to install proprietary apps only on the Google Play Store?

7 - FDroid signing keys isn’t an advantage because it requires an extra layer of trust. I’m already trusting the developer by installing their app, so the developer should be signing the keys. This is a reason why Signal is not on F-Droid.

F-Droid has many security vulnerabilities and has many issues such as:

1. Hosting an outdated APK client.
2. Utilizes an obsolete installation method.
3. Does not take advantage of modern appstore features.
4. Has no moderation.
5. Has no old app deletion.
6. Has an arbitrary FOSS only rule.
7. Does all building and signing themselves.

If you want more details about these issues read this:

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/

This app isn’t fully ready yet but Accrescent is a secure and private app store for Android. It aims to be a better alternative app store on Android rather than using the Google Play Store. It currently has 11 apps right now and more to come soon.

Highly recommend to check out and support this project cuz this appstore is the best out there right now security and privacy wise.