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cross-posted from: https://r.nf/post/1771956

Thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If anything this would just give me suggestions on apks of paid apps to sideload for free

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It should uphold free software and user freedom. If an app developer chooses to abuse user freedom the app should be pulled (and possibly forked) like Simple model tools.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i am good with the subscription and pay once approaches they mentioned.

the iffy portion is the in-app payment sdk. i hope f-droid will be the one providing those to have it standardized.

in-app ads are kinda okay. i won't use said app, but if f-droid labels apps like those as how it labels apps with non-foss/features-you-may-not-like, it should be okay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In app ads are very much not ok as they are often targeted and serve no benefit to the user. I have no issue with a donate button popup with a link but we already have Google play for spyware.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I see many issues with that / for them.

But I'm not against experimenting and finding out. We maybe need some free and open monetizing options, maybe also ad platforms. That would give people some more options, instead of relying on Google and Apple all the time.

Please just make it respect user privacy, be FLOSS and categorize the Apps, so it's clear to me what is and what isn't licensed Free Software.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

i'm fine with it as long as the privacy labels remain front and centre when downloading; especially if they clearly mark which apps are ad supported, subscription based, etc and don't prioritize them over foss/ad free

otoh, i use neo store so it probably won't matter

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

We need a way to support foundational open source projects like browsers, a open source subscription platform might be the way.

Start off with apps that are already subscription like vpns.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Wow, there is approximately 2 people in these comments that actually read the article.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I can't see this go well for them.

I get the idea. I also get not wanting to restrict devs and hence offering all kinds of payment options. But I cannot see this be visible for them given their target audience.

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