@btc_pri @Don_Specifico @davidbombal There are a lot of choices for getting apps from outside the Play Store. We recommend accrescent.app for the small number of apps available in it including Molly. Accrescent needs more contributors and funding to substantially expand. We're going to try to support that.
@btc_pri @Don_Specifico @davidbombal We don't recommend manually downloading app releases from GitHub, etc. mainly because you won't have automatic updates. You can solve that issue with the Obtainium app. However, unlike a proper app store, it won't secure the initial download beyond the HTTPS connection security.
@btc_pri @Don_Specifico @davidbombal F-Droid has far too many security and trust issues for us to recommend it. The vast majority of apps in the official F-Droid repository are built on their sketchy infrastructure and signed with their own keys. We're concerned about a future mass compromise of F-Droid users.
@btc_pri @Don_Specifico @davidbombal People who work on F-Droid have demonstrated a lack of trustworthiness including engaging in harassment towards security researchers and covering up vulnerabilities/weaknesses in the app. Lead developer has repeatedly claimed app sandboxes aren't useful or a good approach...
@btc_pri @Don_Specifico @davidbombal Major app/server and build infrastructure security improvements along with anti-security and untrustworthy people leaving the project would be a prerequisite to us considering even packaging F-Droid in our app repository. That's very unlikely, so we want Accrescent to replace it.
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