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[-] grue@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's still important to explain the key difference between an "app store" and a package repository: the latter isn't a "store" because everything is free.

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

True but it helps get the concept across so much.

[-] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

Thst might change with Flathub's ambitions to become an actual app store though

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Did I just heard that right? Flathub wants to charge for software?

[-] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Yes. Flathub wants to become a platform where people and companies can sell their software

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well hey, as long as these participating devs maintain that their software remains FOSS, I'd pay up. They do a lot of good work, can't do it all for free.

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