F-Droid has a pretty strong foundation in my opinion. It just needs more resources to be able to publish app updates more quickly. It also needs a redesign, like you said, but I don't think there's a need to start from scratch

So do you mean a store run by a company that has the money and intent to promote such a store enough for everybody knows about it, e.g. Facebook, Amazon, or Microsoft?

I don't think this is a solution.

1. F-Droid can't be published on Google Play Store, because they're an "alternative market".

2. Please, make it appealing for you and others! https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient

> I'm talking about a mainstream alternative android store. The design of f-droid is not appealing enough.

Make it mainstream. Spread the word. Install it on family devices.

How else you think mainstream will happen?

Yes, that would be nice, but at this point it would take a few billion to replicate all the functionality - who is going to be willing to pay for that and be still tied to Google? Might as well start a brand new smartphone/OS company...

What else would you expect? Any other commercial app store - especially VC-backed - will eventually follow suit with Google's and Apple's stores in order to maximize profit over everything else. This includes denying any kinds of donation links.