Obtainium
Do any of you use Obtainium to get &/or update apps? If so, have you found a way to get signal or brave or the like working via this? Do you think Obtainium is better than other repositories like f-droid or not, and if so... why? I'm curious whether I should go figure it out because the Aurora Store using false google accts annoys me.
2024-11-16 · 1 year ago
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☯️ johano · 2024-11-17 at 00:17:
I use Obtanium, mostly for apps related to Nostr (for example, my preferred client Amethyst). I haven't tried getting Signal there, I use Aurora for that...
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk [OP] · 2024-11-17 at 00:32:
It's strange that Signal and Brave aren't on f-droid. I wish they were. That's the only reason I use the Aurora store at all. Signal should be able to be on f-droid... it's open source, right?
That said @Hanzbricks since you use Molly, is it compatible with people using Signal? It took a while to get my friends/family/others to use Signal as the means of communication... I'd use a new client, but I'd rather not have to switch everyone over to something else. The next time I tell people to move to a different app, it's going to be something that connects to the server I run myself. Which... might take a while.
👻 mediocregopher [...] · 2024-11-17 at 11:47:
Could I use Molly on my phone and continue to use signal desktop on my computers? Or will they not play nice together?
🍀 gritty · 2024-11-17 at 16:54:
I just get signal apk from their website
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk [OP] · 2024-11-22 at 21:06:
Thanks all; this was helpful. I may well move to Molly (or maybe Session? more research is needed). As for brave... I mostly just like the adblocking... but if there are free-er options, I'm open to looking.
🚀 JohnReese · 2025-03-20 at 06:52:
Signal is on F-droid now. I use Obtainium to monitor updates for the few apps that I have a direct APK link to.