Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to donation links
The Apple/Play stores are essentially a totally broken implementation of something that had existed for over a decade before: package repositories. It's embraced and extended Linux/BSD package/ports trees, except without things like the ability to add a 3rd party repository with other authors signing keys, pin certain versions, etc.<p><a href="https://battlepenguin.com/tech/android-fragmentation/#package-management" rel="nofollow">https://battlepenguin.com/tech/android-fragmentation/#packag...</a><p>We could go on about how regular users wouldn't understand or care and blah blah blah and we'll keep getting software that's neutered, tracks us and becomes more like the proverbial car with the hood welded shut; where people who know about cars have to attach several sidecars just to keep our vehicle doing what we want it to do.