I has come to my attention that some users have never heard of F-droid is a free software app store for android

https://lemmy.zip/post/2149246

I has come to my attention that some users have never heard of F-droid is a free software app store for android - Lemmy.zip

Something worth noting is that F-Droid is both an app to download other apps but they also maintains a repository of apps. You can use alternative store apps (like Droid-ify) with the F-Droid repository OR you could use the F-Droid app with a different repository (like IzzyOnDroid). You can mix and match to meet your needs.

I use the Droid-ify app with the F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, microG, NewPipe, and Collabora repositories.

Once you start down this rabbit hole, give Obtanium a look.

Neostore is also a good alternative to the normal f-droid client

I wanted to like this one.

Neostore got stuck trying to sync repos or something and drained my battery from 80% to 20% within like an hour.

Uninstalled it immediately. No app should be able to malfunction in such a way to cause such battery drain.