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* '''[https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid]''' is the only App store you really need on your mobile phone. It works on all Android flavors and comes only with free software. | |||
❗️F-Droid contains apps that promote bigotry, racism, trans-phobia and worse. Some of these apps only exist for that purpose, but the F-Droid community can't seem to make up their mind and remove them. | ❗️F-Droid contains apps that promote bigotry, racism, trans-phobia and worse. Some of these apps only exist for that purpose, but the F-Droid community can't seem to make up their mind and remove them. | ||
** '''[https://forum.f-droid.org/t/known-repositories/721?u=paulakreuzer Repositories]''': In F-Droid you can choose different sources for apps. Besides the main repo I'd recommend enabling the '''[https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]''' repo in the settings and if you want more apps to choose from get [https://android.izzysoft.de/repo Izzy’s repo]'''. Beware with other repos, if you're not absolutely sure you can trust their maintainers. | |||
** '''Alternative client apps''': If you don't like the look and feel of the F-Droid client app I'd recommend you try '''[https://f-droid.org/packages/org.gdroid.gdroid/ G-Droid]'''. It has a lot of exciting new features and an active developer who is open to input. Another alternative would be '''[https://f-droid.org/packages/com.mdroid/ M-Droid]'''. | |||
* **[Yalp](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/)** can be used additionally if you absolutely think you need some apps that are not available on F-Droid. You can get all <abbr title="free as in free beer">gratis</abbr> apps from the Play store with a fake account. | |||
❗️You'll still be sending some data to Google, but less than if you'd have the Play store and Google services on your phone. Also many apps you can get there are dependent on Google software or contain other adware/spyware. | ❗️You'll still be sending some data to Google, but less than if you'd have the Play store and Google services on your phone. Also many apps you can get there are dependent on Google software or contain other adware/spyware. | ||
* <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200111075555im_/http://auroraoss.com/logo.webp" height="16"/> **[Aurora](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/)** is a fork of Yalp, so it does the same, but with a different, more fancy design. | |||
<h3 id='DesktopOperatingSystems'>Desktop Operating Systems</h3> | <h3 id='DesktopOperatingSystems'>Desktop Operating Systems</h3> | ||