Comment on Is there something like F-droid, but for windows software?
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Windows users generally don’t care as much about using open source software, so there isn’t really an audience for such a place.
I feel like a lot of people might like Foss, but still use FOSS. Sometimes you might need it for work/school but still want as many FOSS apps as you can get.
Analogy: A lot of people that use FOSS apps on Android aren’t running GrapheneOS
If it was easier to find FOSS stuff on windows, I think more people would use it and care about it.
Maybe not your typical users, but a lot of open sourced software us Linux users enjoy have Windows versions easily available.
That was what i feared, yes
TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 1 year ago
There are a ton of great FOSS for Windows. Even before I moved to Linux as my primary OS, I used many of these because they were often just better than the proprietary alternatives.
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Mine as well just @ blender for this lmao
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh, for sure. I do like using FOSS and Windows is my primary OS (for game compatibility reasons), but I’m saying that the number of Windows users who care enough about FOSS to seek out an F-Droid equivalent is very low, which is likely why nobody has bothered to build one yet.
TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Windows has billions of users, I guarantee you more than a few care about FOSS.
Also FOSS repos for Windows do exist, as explained in other comments here.