[srslyTrying2hlp]

We need a financial way to reward the resistance. Big corps do not care, as we saw them cave to Apple.

Anyway, I did my part, basically I only use FDroid. I filled this out: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITk...

>Combat astroturfing: when you encounter suspect posts on community forums and social media in support of the policy (“Well, actually…”), challenge them and do not be shy.

Someone contact Dang, because this is now allowed. I have been suspicious HN has actively supported astroturfers over the years for some sort of financial or mutually beneficial gain.

Anyway I basically changed to web apps. They are much easier to deal with and develop.

[freedomben]

F-Droid really does have some great stuff, and you can know that the default posture is user respect rather than the opposite situation of the Play Store. I've started almost exclusively using F-Droid, excepting only for a few core apps that aren't available there (much to my disappointment).

If you haven't searched/browsed F-Droid in the last few years, do it. You'll likely be pleasantly surprised.

[srslyTrying2hlp]

F-Droid is amazing. I basically wont install anything from the playstore unless its my bank or something.

Video games on F-Droid are how Android games should be. They have the spirt: No ads, no micro transactions, etc..

Kids educational games are the same. I have been using those games only for years and I've had 0 issues. Playstore games, you get an update and now your progress is frozen unless you pay.

Guitar tuner? same

File explorer, image viewer, etc... Same

Everything: same

[freedomben]

Fully agree. Can you recommend some games, and kids educational games? I've tried a few and like them, but would love some recs.

The ones I like: Breakout 71, Chess, Word Maker, Word Tracer, Roboyard, FaFa Runner (short but briefly fun), Minesweeper (Privacy Friendly), Simon Tatham's Puzzles, SuperTuxKart, Tux Rider.

[BaseBaal]

Vector Pinball is a must have.

[fsflover]

> We need a financial way to reward the resistance

Here you go: https://eff.org, https://edri.org, https://noyb.eu

[einpoklum]

Those links would be more effective if you were to spend a couple of lines explaining what these organizations are and what they do...

[fsflover]

These are NGOs fighting for our digital rights like privacy, security and device ownership. Wikipedia can explain much better than me.

See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=eff.org

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=edri.org

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=noyb.eu

[kspacewalk2]

Well, actually I've long held the view that accusations of astroturfing, shilling, being a Chinese/Russian/CIA/MAGA/Soros/Martian bot, etc, are just people being too lazy to take on arguments they dislike with well-reasoned arguments of their own, but needing some sort of a quick "exit strategy" out of a conversation. Maybe this isn't true on Facebook, but here or on Reddit it is always far more likely that you're talking to an actual, possibly very wrong/bad, human being.

What is perfectly reasonable and rational is to only respond to clearly written arguments with some evidence of thought and time invested in them, and to consider others to be too low-effort or spammy to invest time in responding to. But guess what? Real humans spam for free, they're mostly not paid to do so by the PRC or George Soros.

[ryukoposting]

> far more likely that you're talking to an actual, possibly very wrong/bad, human being.

Is it? I can't name another social media site that is simultaneously more ubiquitous than HN and bereft of any anti-spam measures.