Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to donation links

Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by usrusr on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:47AM (#21270256)

Oruxmaps even had a donate version that went through proper Google channels when the free version was forcibly removed either for a donation link in the app that was incompletely removed from the Play store build variant or because of a donation link on the product website. It never came back, now the paid version on Play is effectively a billboard "you could save those dollars by going over to F-Droid where we are payment optional".

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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by dmix on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:46PM (#21272453)

This is good news for F-Droid.

I just wish F-Droid had a better design but I guess that's just the nature of OSS. It always looked a bit shady and out-of-date, which probably hurts it's popularity.

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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by sundarurfriend on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:57AM (#21279854)

Someone started a G-Droid project[1] with the goal of being a better local client for F-Droid. It's not a full replacement yet, but has many additional features and a better UI. Hope it takes off and perhaps gets integrated into the main client some day.

[1] https://gitlab.com/gdroid/gdroidclient/

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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by black_puppydog on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:50PM (#21272510)

Well, throw them a couple of bucks a month, they have a donation button on their homepage ;)

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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by st1ck on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:24PM (#21275937)

But the design is fine, at least with dark theme. For me, the UX is better than Play Market.

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