I know some of you have gone complies FOSS, but I believe if the developer wants to make money from their apps, there’s noting wrong with it, as long as they are ethical. So what are your favorite non-foss apps?

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I think you’ve got a bit of a misconception about FOSS software - you’re allowed to make money selling it, you just also have to provide the source code to any customers! A fair few FOSS apps have free versions on F-Droid but paid versions on the Play store, for example.

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Like what?

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Simple Mobile Tools (Simple Contacts etc.) cost money for the full version on Play but you can get it for free on F-Droid or GitHub!

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free on F-Droid

(minus the video editor from gallery pro)

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For example Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They’re FOSS but they charge money for support.

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Showly (IMDB alternative).

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The Showly on F-Droid is not the same as the one on the play store, it says in its description it is a fork.

The play store description says its open source and will be on F-droid soon but I actually did not see it there.

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OSMand

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D-Sub

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My fave is Anki, free on Android and 25 USD on i0S for the exact same product.

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