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Komi Store: Android app store to install and update apps hosted on GitHub, Codeberg & Forgejo (github.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/foss@beehaw.org
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[–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Nothing relevant to this app. But FDroid only has apps that have been submitted to it. This allows installation and updates of any apps with releases published to GitHub.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    I don't see the point then. I can install direct from GitHub if I want that. I don't want a random intermediary that's another possible attack vector.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    One could say the same about the FDroid app.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    FDroid's official repository includes fairly strict requirements for apps they allow, meaning you get a level of confidence that those apps meet those requirements. You can add custom repos in the app, but it's not the default flow. To use a recent example, it's like comparing the Arch official repos to AUR.

    Not that there isn't value in a tool that can download apps for you from GitHub, but it's not really fair to compare that to F-Droid. You're generally safer on F-Droid's official repo than with random projects off GitHub, and potentially even safer than downloading official releases of apps on F-Droid directly from the releases page.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It's completely fair to compare on the qualities which were specified.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    The qualities that were specified were security. Do you plan to actually explain how both FDroid and random GitHub downloads are equally insecure?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    The qualities that were specified was the ability to install the apps through the browser without the "attack vector" of an app installer.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    In that case, both FDroid and the browser are intermediaries and potential attack vectors. You go through the same number of middlemen. One just verifies the packages for you.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So you agree that they're comparable?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    If you have tunnel vision, then sure. In fact, it's just as comparable as downloading from realappmirror.ru where you have the same number of intermediaries.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I don't have "tunnel vision" and I don't know what that thing is. Perhaps you'd like to continue trying to explain how they're incomparable?

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