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A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

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GBoard replacement? (pawb.social)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title.

I'm not sure I'm ready to go all "lineageOS full degoogle" on my phone because some rather necessary day-to-day apps for me will freak out if I have root, let alone a modified OS. Buuuut GBoard has gotten right in my tit, and now they're offering nightmarish AI generated emoji and I'm like "NO". So.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why would you want a F-Droid-signed app when you can have the app directly from the dev?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

F-Droid is like a Linux distribution. And basically, the idea behind that is that open-source means nothing in terms of trustworthiness, unless you compile the source code yourself. The source code is what can be audited, whereas the binaries that the developer provides could be filled with malware and you'd never know about it.

Now, compiling everything yourself is complex and time-consuming, so this is where F-Droid / distros come in. Rather than trusting each and every app developer, you merely need to trust the F-Droid team.