Accrescent, for those who don’t know, is an alternative android app store. They aim to compete directly with the play store, so unlike F-Droid they include both FOSS and proprietary apps. They are also very security focused. They’re still small but I find their approach interesting and their ambition worth supporting.
Unfortunately, as with many FOSS projects, funding is a challenge. If you believe they are worth supporting, please read this blog post.
Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with the project in any way, just a fan trying to raise awareness.
Can’t have everything. Allowing closed-source apps gives us more choice (in theory).
In practice Accrescent has basically no apps.
They had one when I last checked (maybe a year ago) and now there’s twenty or so, so definitely seems like things are picking up.
I agree, the lack of apps is the biggest problem at the moment. In their latest blog post they’ve set out their roadmap, which is focussing a lot on improvements for app developers. I assume this is needed to convince more app developers to use them.
I’m interested to see what they can achieve if they can have someone working regularly and not just in their spare time, and I am using some apps from their store, so it makes sense for me to donate in the short to medium term. Long term I would expect a self-financing business model though.