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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.
Like what?
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!
(minus the video editor from gallery pro)
For example Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They're FOSS but they charge money for support.
My fave is Anki, free on Android and 25 USD on i0S for the exact same product.
Showly (IMDB alternative).
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.
I have the F-Driid version on my phone. I don't know all the differences with the play store version, but one difference is that you can't in-app purchase the premium features.
Well, you do not have it from actual F-droid since its not on there: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=Showly&lang=en
You likely have it from the Izzy repo but as I said that one is a fork: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.michaldrabik.showly_oss
Yes, that's correct. Sorry for the confusion.
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