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  • conciselyverboseEnglish
    265·
    4 months ago

    If you want devs to make apps without any monetization you’re limiting the number of devs that will develop for your platform.

    So?

    The point of fdroid is not to have evil pieces of shit injecting their apps with spyware and ads.

    • FierySpectre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      93·
      4 months ago

      Developers deserve to be paid for their time though…

      Sure for many it’s nothing but a hobby and they’re happy to create something for free. But that doesn’t mean every developer needs to do the same.

      And yes ads are a privacy nightmare and putting them into your app is bad. So either you only use apps from hobbyists or you pay for access (whether that be a set price for a finished product or a subscription for a service).

      • conciselyverboseEnglish
        151·
        4 months ago

        Paid apps are fine. I’m generally not OK with in-app purchases, because the overwhelmingly majority of them are abusive microtransactions.

        Allowing ads is not OK. Privacy is a massive issue, but even without privacy concerns all ads are malicious.