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Re:Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source by fluidcruft on Saturday November 09, 2024 @07:44AM (#42094126)
The safety argument with F-Droid is that F-Droid builds from source and the builds can be verified by anyone

https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/

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Re:Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source by cubefox on Saturday November 09, 2024 @07:52AM (#42094160)
Unfortunately F-Droid sometimes distributes outdated software with security vulnerabilities. This happened with Fennec (Firefox variant), not sure what the reason was. I switched back to Firefox + Google Play after that.
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Re:Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source by fluidcruft on Saturday November 09, 2024 @08:03AM (#42094200)
Yes F-Droid is too slow unfortunately. The reason I added obtanium to my mix was because F-Droid version of RedReader was so old it didn't work with Reddit anymore. And I couldn't figure out why or if there was an ETA or what and someone mentioned obtanium.
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Re:Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Saturday November 09, 2024 @10:04AM (#42094762)
anyone == noone
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