@kgbvax @fdroidorg if a user already knows me as navi, and trust me as navi, why would they (against my will) knowing my legal name, help with anything? the repository will still be navi/project-name, the emails on the commits will still be my own (with navi in it, not my legal name), etc etc

@kgbvax @fdroidorg It's not anonymous, it's pseudonymous. Now tell me, how does which one of the names of a developer you know make a difference?

@kgbvax The same way it goes with basically any software: "This dev has a good reputation, I'll "trust" them"

Note I put "trust" between quotation marks.
You should *never* blindly download an app from any store anyways.

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@kgbvax @fdroidorg Really well, especially for watching YouTube without ads.

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You have access to the source code of the app and the libraries it uses. That's all you need.
F-Droid does not allow code that is not open source
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@kgbvax @fdroidorg as per usual, we trust group names and handles and the work they represent. I trust AssLicker69 much more than Google to develop software that does not spy on me for example