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Suggestion: Suggest More Alternative App Stores/Ways to Get Apps #458

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@ka-iden

I was reading the website, got to the "Fight back" section. It currently recommends F-Droid as the main alternative store, but I think it would be useful to mention a few other options as well, with reasons as aptly stated by the website itself:

Alternative stores only survive if people actually use them.

https://keepandroidopen.org/#:~:text=Alternative%20stores%20only%20survive%20if%20people%20actually%20use%20them.

I'd suggest adding something like Obtainium, or even some F-Droid frontends like Droid-ify or IzzyOnDroid. NeoStore, ZapStore or Accrescent are also some good options that I've heard of.
I think it would be a good idea to include these options, and give reasons as to why you may want to choose some over the other, such as why Obtainium or Accrescent may be good options due to the various security benefits afforded by them (assuming Obtainium is used in conjunction with AppVerifier).

If we strive for an open ecosystem, we need to promote the fact that we have the right to choose where we get our apps from, and show that there are lots of places other than Google's store and their soon-to-be newly minted walled garden.

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