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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Tangent5280@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no "Editor's Picks" on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hi, quick question. I already have some apps installed via play store, thats also available on F-Droid. Is there any advantage to uninstalling them, and installing them back, from F-Droid?

[-] John@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago

Some Fdroid Version may have less trackers or replace Google Services(Signal-FOSS/Molly or Telegram for example use a own push service)

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Most privacy tools from the PlayStore are light versions "decaffeinated" by Google. Google hate all apps which avoid his control. Recommended app for Android is InviZible Pro (FOSS)