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Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by PorciiVorbesc on Thursday September 24, 2026 @12:01PM (#49832613)
>I have been using droid-ify

After 10 years of F-droid, I'm bummed I only found droid-ify a couple of months ago. Sooo much better than F-droid.

Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by TutleCpt on Thursday September 24, 2026 @12:59PM (#49833533)
Check out Neostore too. You'll love it.
Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by PhageGenerator on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:25PM (#49834829)
I tried Neostore. All the info it shows is pretty cool, but ultimately I felt the expierence suffered from all the extra information shown compared to the simpler UI in Droid-ify.
Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by rustcleaner on Friday September 25, 2026 @02:10AM (#49840719)
I love Neo Store, because in my book complex > simple. Simplicity of interface = process handcuffs most of the time (IMO). Complexity done right permits so much diversity in composability. I would never ever want a 'simpler' After Effects or GIMP or Blender or Siemens NX. GNOME did it back with GNOME 3 and it has been trash in my book ever since! vomitface.gif

Sometim... err more times than not... there should be a "Your IQ must be at least this high" bar for good software. Stop appealing to the lower common denominators!

Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by arcanemachiner on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:16PM (#49834710)
There's also Aurora Droid, last time I checked.
Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by mayli on Thursday September 24, 2026 @04:44PM (#49836521)
I run into UI glitches and crashes, and decide to not continue using it.
Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom by BaardFigur on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:36PM (#49834988)
There's also F-Droid Classic. For me Droid-ify never felt quite right + it never worked properly with unattended updates, for me at least.