F-Droid is a software repository, not an app store. The distinction is subtle but important. A software repository offers a community-curated collection of software packages whereas an app store is just a marketplace for software developers to offer products to end-users. A software repository serves the interests of its community first, whereas an app store is merely a means for developers to sell products to end-users.

[–] trevor@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

F-Droid is more of a marketplace for software developers than it is a set of community curated apps. The requirement for F-Droid software to be open source is just a guideline/rule like the minimum target API level on the Google Play Store. F-Droid is a neutral platform in my observations over the couple of years I have published there, and does not curate its content.

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@trevor What are you talking about? If they can't build it themselves without proprietary stuff, then it doesn't get published. That's not a mere "guideline".

[–] trevor@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If your app doesn't meet the target minimum API level on the Google Play Store, then it doesn't get published. It's just as much of a guideline, so I don't think this is really relevant to the point of the article.

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 6 points 2 months ago

@trevor People in lemmy open-source community not seeing the relevancy of the open-source guarantee of F-Droid... SMH