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*(cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20476024)* After more than two years FlorisBoard (an open-source keyboard which respects your privacy) 0.4.0 is finally released with many new features including MDY support, addons store, incognito mode, major smartbar rework and many other bugfixes and improvements. Regarding the spell checking (from GitHub release notes): > Word suggestions/spell checking are not included in the current releases and are a major goal for the v0.5 milestone.
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Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?
*(cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19917523)* Basically, what the title says. Do you use any app, that is proprietary, but either has no OSS alternatives or they're all not good enough? If there is an alternative, what keeps you from switching?
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That’s a nice piece of propaganda there.

Accrescent devs claims about closed-source software and third party repos isn’t a propaganda?


It’s not harming anyone. You can still install FDroid as you wish.

Likewise you can choose not to install closed-source apps.

No, it’s misconception. Optionally free Is not enough.


F-Droid does need to improve its approach to security. I can see why projects don’t promote it as a default.

I agree, F-droid hat its problems that have to be solved, but still, F-droid needs help, not a replacement.


Accrescent in GrapheneOS App Store
Today I opened the App Store on my GrapheneOS to see, that Accrescent is now mirrored in it. I know, that GrapheneOS devs have addressed F-droid very negatively it the past ([and they still do that](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/14452-how-to-explain-why-accrescent-over-f-droid/19)), but imo, including Accrescent as a part of official GOS App Store is very harmful for FLOSS movement, as Accrescent [does not support any third-party repos](https://accrescent.app/faq#other-repos), claiming that they are "breaking the Android security model", and also [allows submitting closed-source apps to the repo](https://accrescent.app/faq#open-source). This unlikely to be the reason for me to change OS, as GrapheneOS is still amazing, but devs rhetoric and actions become more and more concerning for me.
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