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Ironically, on mobile Manjaro has shipped unstable and WIP patches, leading to issues and annoyed maintainers [0]
I have to buy through one of the bookstores, right?
I went for fosstodon.org, as I think this suits my interests well enough, but there are other general or broad topic instances out there.
According to the link you posted, I think you're talkong about lemmygrad.ml. lemmy.ml is hosted by the original Lemmy developers.
> Google's Play Store is the only source for a number of proprietary applications
So, my question, do you have concrete proof about Micay being harassed? Screenshot, links, whatever can back up Micay's words.
First I started with Louis Rossmann's video. Basically, Louis left a single line comment below a 2 year old Techlore video discussing harassment of CalyxOS and random users by Daniel Micay. Because of this one comment, Micay accused Louis of being partially responsible for swatting attacks on Micay and harassment. You can see the chat in Louis' video.
Next I decided to watch the Techlore video to get a more complete understanding. After all, it could still just be Micay strongly disliking Louis for some reason. In his video Techlore then shows multiple examples of harassment by Micay targeted at CalyxOS and random users. All examples I heard him mention are backed up with chat logs in the video.
Lastly I watched a rebuttal to Techlore's video by Tom Sparks. Howerver it was obvious he had not actually watched the whole Techlore video and Sparks also mentioned that in his rebuttal. The focus of Spark's video was mainly on the chapter on targeting various companies from Techlore's video. With that focus Sparks basically dismissed Techlore's whole video and also accused Techlore of encouraging harassment of GrapheneOS without any proof at all!
Obviously there are always single individuals in any group that harass others. Here howerver, Louis and Techlore showed up with concrete proof of inacceptable behaviour and harassment while Micay only presents himself as a victim without proof of the harassment he is alleging of others.
The client for Google Play Store can be replaced by other apps like the one you linked. Though this is against Google's TOS.
The server part of Google Play Store is where all the applications live. It is the biggest app repository for Android and most commercial apps are uploaded there. What the GP is advocating for is having developers upload their app to other app repositories in addition to the Play Store.