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I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

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[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

€0.00—Aurora Store. Breaks rule 4. €0.00—F-Droid. Breaks rule 4.

Rule 4: No association with or reference to crypto“currencies” because these are greed incentivizing pyramid schemes.

They... They are app stores. ~~Aurora is just a reskin of fdroid, they use the same repos~~ What's the association, the fact that they let you install apps related to it? Bruh.

[–] 0x00cl@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Rule 4: No association with or reference to crypto“currencies” because these are greed incentivizing pyramid schemes.

Aurora accepts cryptocurrencies as donations. And F-Droid also did but apparently its on hold.

[–] CynicusRex@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I only just became aware of this. The essay has been corrected, and donated to F-Droid.

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