JP 🌈dunno why i've never thought about this before, but are there open source iOS apps? is that even possible with apple's dev/distribution ecosystem?
similarly, are there OSS android apps? at a guess i would say that's easier, but maybe i'm wrong?
a quiet misdreavus@pixelpaperyarn yup! it's been a while since i checked, but the wordpress iOS app was even GPL. there's no restriction on selling software under GPL, just that you have to be able to get the source if you get the binary
@pixelpaperyarn as for android, there's even an alternative app repository with just foss stuff, it's called F-Droid
kzurawel@pixelpaperyarn Open source iOS apps exist, but the distribution is tricky - most of them require you to compile them yourself in XCode and install on your device with your developer profile, meaning you either have to re-build/re-install every 7 days or pay $99/year to join the developer program to get a longer-lasting certificate. :expressionless:
@kzurawel that's exactly what i was thinking the barrier might be. so someone still needs to be the "product owner" in some way and probably makes passing it off to someone else difficult.
George Dorn@pixelpaperyarn yes to both, though the FOSS world is much more developed on android, given easy side loading and how open the OS already is. Have a look at f-droid, which is basically an app store of only FOSS apps.