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by fsflover 58 days ago
Do you consider F-Droid a "vetted app store"?
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Yes I do but I don't want to help my parents install it
You should, as it is much safer than the one from Google.
Can you explain how?
Yeah, but it doesn't include the apps that lay-people want to use, such as Facebook, Venmo, and Google Maps. I like open source software as much as the next guy, but most of it seems very off-brand to your average joe. Setting people up with Firefox is one thing, trying to get them to use AntennaPod instead of Spotify is a much taller order.