F-Droid is my go-to for anything possible. If I find something I can selfhost and has an app, I make sure the app can be found in F-Droid (or even just an APK shipped in the repo that can be managed with Obtainium), or else I lose interest.
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Trihilis@ani.social 5 weeks ago
install app
“Do you agree to share your information with 289 of our partners or opt out by going through a list and deselecting them one by one”?
Yeah any app that asks this is guaranteed spyware.
Also, use F-Droid as much as possible. It’s not perfect but still miles better than the play store
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
- cries looking at iphone remembering the good old “free” days.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Even Aurora store vets all the apps for trackers. Google just take the money and serve up malware.
At least these days it’s farily obvious when an app is looking at your location or listening in with the mic.