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Why aren't Waterfox or LibreWolf found in F-Droid? (reddthat.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by mrnobody@reddthat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Are there any alternative app stores that do list them? I might just go to apkpure to side load, but it's annoying these often-recommended browsers aren't available there.

Alternatively, are there any browsers preexisting in F-Droid any of you recommend?

Just got a phone and just installed lineage OS.

Edit: FOUND IT in case anyone is looking https://github.com/BrowserWorks/waterfox-android/releases list of APKs here

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[โ€“] mrnobody@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, I never came back to the whole apk pure thing, why do you think it's shady and illegal? I've used it countless times when app updates break features in my older Android 12 device. I've also never had issues installing any of the apps with malware, Trojan, virus, etc.

[โ€“] voxel@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago

It infringes the app owner/developers rights, including copyright. They've resold paid apps from the Google Play Store which is highly illegal in many countried.