F-Droid Discussions

Users debate F-Droid's strengths like FOSS-only apps and security track record, its limitations such as lack of curation and proprietary apps, and comparisons to Google Play Store or Aurora Store.

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petra Feb 14, 2016 View on HN

What's your usecase for f-droid ? For most apps there,except ad-blocking, you can find nicer versions in the play store.

dead_mall Dec 30, 2019 View on HN

F-Droid is solely for FOSS apps

wolfi1 Aug 31, 2025 View on HN

f-droid would also require google approved devs

udev4096 Jan 10, 2025 View on HN

Stop using F-droid. It is insecure and shouldn't be the primary way of installing apps. Stick to Aurora Store or Play Store

nine_k Nov 30, 2024 View on HN

F-droid is good, but where's the curation part?

eli Nov 4, 2017 View on HN

What keeps someone from doing the same thing to f-droid?

chakkepolja Aug 20, 2022 View on HN

There's some of these on F-droid.

mikece Dec 22, 2021 View on HN

Why not F-Droid and a subscription outside of a mobile app store?

MichaelCollins Nov 19, 2022 View on HN

Why not F-Droid? F-Droid is great.

dvngnt_ May 28, 2024 View on HN

i feel like everything listed can be found on f-droid