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Accsercent in GrapheneOS App Store (infosec.exchange)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Today I opened the App Store on my GrapheneOS to see, that Accrescent is now mirrored it it.

I know, that GrapheneOS devs have addressed F-droid very negatively it the past (ant they still do that), but imo, including Accrescent as a part of official GOS App Store is very harmful for FLOSS movement, as Accrescent does not support any third-party repos, claiming that they are "breaking the Android security model", and also allows submitting closed-source apps to the repo.

This unlikely to be the reason for me to change OS, as GrapheneOS is still amazing, but devs rhetoric and actions become more and more concerning for me.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS has an approach that always prioritizes security at a technical level over privacy over promoting FLOSS. I think the first two are difficult to balance as they are interrelated but sometimes come at the cost of one another. I think the second is reasonable to have below the first two given the state of app ecosystems in general.

F-Droid does need to improve its approach to security. I can see why projects don't promote it as a default.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

F-Droid does need to improve its approach to security. I can see why projects don't promote it as a default.

I agree, F-droid hat its problems that have to be solved, but still, F-droid needs help, not a replacement.