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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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how do apps get removed from f-droid? (monero.town)
submitted 2 years ago by shortwavesurfer@monero.town to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They probably should not remove them and instead mark them as outdated

[–] incogtino@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

F-Droid has a setting that allows you to hide apps with anti-features. One of them is 'source code no longer available' but another for 'source code not updated in 2+years' would be great for this

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why not remove them? They take server space to host, and show up in searches when they arent useful.

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Archiving and data hoarding purposes

[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

They still could be moved to the archive repo

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One reason might be that someone looking to create an app might want to use it as a starting point... It would make them easier to find if they don't remove them from f-droid

[–] sarsaparilyptus@midwest.social -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually responsible for doing that, I can remove any old app if you PayPal me $100 (no guarantees, all sales final)

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago

RIiiight. Yeah, no.