[toastal]

How many apps do you need installed (and why)? I feel like I'm a pretty heavy user, but if I forget to update for a week at most I have 6 apps to manually click through. It seems likes an insignificant gripe considering the other alternatives (Play Store, Amazon, Huawei, etc)

[freddie_mercury]

These are the apps on my phone that have updated in the past 7 days:

Subway/public transit app (see how much money I have left on the cards)

Grab (an Uber competitor where I live)

Facebook

YouTube

Google

Google Maps

A bank app

Signal

Google Calendar

GMail

Android Auto

Agoda, a hotel booking app

Dropbox

Netflix

Instagram

AirBnB

A second bank app

A boardgame helper app

Uber

TripIt

Microsoft ToDo

Shopping app for the baby store we order diapers and formula from every few days

Pocket

Spotify

Proton calendar

Facebook Messenger

Google Docs

Google Photos

Google Voice

Google Sheets

You Need A Budget

Tiktok

Shopee, an online shopping app I use nearly every day

My country's covid vaccine tracking app

Google Translate

[toastal]

From F-Droid? Are you not choosing Aurora store? (Yes, I know what those apps are, I'm in the same region and time zone as you)

[freddie_mercury]

Not from F-Droid. I was just replying to the parent's claim that normal people don't need a lot of apps.

If I don't have a laptop or desktop, why wouldn't I have a lot of apps on my phone?

[toastal]

That wasn't what I was asking though... I was talking specifically about the number of apps through F-Droid. They don't seem to require updates every two days unlike the Grab superapp.

[eru]

That limitation perhaps also drives the infrequent updates?

In any case, it's fine for F-Droid to choose that behaviour, but then it limits itself to a niche of possible apps.