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Re:Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid by Hizonner on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:07PM (#45675758)
If you were talking about Apple or Google, you might have a point, although you would be better off to talk about "freedom of speech", since "the First Amendment" refers to a very specific piece of legal text (and one that nobody has actually ever said should apply to app stores).

But we're talking about F-Droid here. It has a tiny market share. It uses software that lets literally anybody else set up a repository and have it appear integrated in the same app. It doesn't benefit from any of the legal or social advantages given to large corporations. F-Droid, unlike Apple or Google, can't in fact do much to limit anybody's speech.

Re:Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid by fragmede on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @08:23PM (#45676823)
It's fair to point out fdroid's drastically smaller market share, but in an effort to avoid"meet the new boss, same as the old.boss" I still think it's worthwhile to point out the levers of power and systems involved.