F-DroidMar 14

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live after 2 weeks:

* everyone has a voice to #keepandroidopen install F-Droid everywhere, make it unavoidable
* Basic 2.0-alpha4 animates things
* #NewPipe reminds you of September
* more downloads stats
* more #FLOSS devs using #AI
+ 38 new apps
& 347 updates
- three archived
~ one downgraded

Elephants in rooms, https://f-droid.org/2026/03/13/twif.html

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This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 13 Mar 2026, Week 11 F-Droid core The countdown to September lock-down continues. Did you do your part? Did yo...

Show threadStéphane Calonnec 🗿Mar 14
@fdroidorg I do not want apps made with AI. Is it possible to badge the apps using this ?
Show threadMateusz 🏳️‍🌈

@scalonnec No, because you never know how the code was created.

@fdroidorg

Mar 14 at 8:50amWeb
Show threadStéphane Calonnec 🗿Mar 14
@aemstuz @fdroidorg that's a big caveat, as AI is a very problematic issue regarding reliability and security. Exactly what F-Droid is supposed to provide against Play Store. I don't understand how F-Droid can slip on slop and cry about Google doing sh*t (officially) for security concerns on the same time. We're giving reasons to Google by doing this...
Show threadF-Droid6h ago
@scalonnec @aemstuz Just by existing we can give anyone any reason they can use for their own rhetoric. 😸