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brucethemoose2
Stuff like this has been popping up for years, but its become pretty clear than Apple/Google have little incentive to funnel more of their app store profits towards policing their own stores. Where else are users gonna go?
aver4geredditor
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org

Also all apps there are open source, I see this as an absolute win!

brucethemoose2
I mean I use FDroid, and I used Cydia when I had an iPhone, but they will never provide any competitive pressure needed to light a fire under Google/Apple.
sschueller
Just wait, the EU is likely going to force Apple and Google to allow 3rd party app stores without any handycaps.

In fact Apple and Google may do this before any ruling in order to prevent such a rule from even becoming law.

vfclists
Perhaps if they had focused on developing Firefox OS they wouldn't have to put up this.
Kukumber
mozilla kept complaining about google, yet they accept their juicy money by selling their users

in 2 decades, they could have built their own search, many tried and many found success!

mozilla kept complaining about the playstore, yet they happily put their app there

in 2 decades, they could have built their own store, many did!

Sometimes i wonder what Mozilla's real intent is, where did the money go?