For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When contrasted with the commercial app stores — of which the Google Play store is the most prominent — the differences are stark: they are hotbeds of spyware and scams, blatantly promoting apps that prey on their users through attempts to monetize their attention and mine their intimate information through any means necessary, including trickery and dark patterns.
I get a lot of value out of F-Droid, my ass is going to be very chapped if Google manages to kill it.
Truly. The majority of the apps I use are from f-droid, without them I might as well have a flip phone.