For those with Termux installed, the Play Store is presently trying to update them due to a release that was made by the team member in charge of the Play Store account. The new Play Store release targets a newer Android version than the present F-Droid release, but is based on an older branch. Currently, F-Droid is in limbo, because it needs to be updated to comply with newer Play Store requirements, but to do so would break Termux as we know it. The Play Store build attempts to mitigate that.
All of this is in the linked thread but I just woke up from a nap and am feeling generous.
The tl;dr is that the play version of termux has been lagging behind the master github branch because of Google's fuck fuck games with Android permissions. Now it's been updated, but effectively neutered.
Basically, PlayStore termux-app v0.120 release is functionally equivalent to v0.108
You can still get the apk on GitHub releases if you don't want to use Accrescent. Also you can use Obtanium to get automatic updates for many apps from different sources, including GitHub.
Can someone enlighten me oabout the specifics of the accrescent.app appstore?
I guess it's somewhat like Obtanium in that it fetches releases packed by the original developers, just plus an index, metadata and signing, thus more convenient and secure? I guess it's open-source and everything? What are the unique benefits?
Sure. There isn't any paragraph on how it compares to other appstores or why the author started the project in the first place despite several other stores being available.
So I'm looking for the selling point. (Aside from your App being available there.)
The main selling points of Accrescent are no accounts required, unattended updates without root (on Android 12+), developers always sign their own apps, and the security properties of Accrescent which means even if Accrescent's servers gets compromised, attackers can't do something like replacing an existing app with their own malicious version without access to the signing key used to sign the repository metadata.
Also keep in mind Accrescent is still in early alpha and so it doesn't have all of the features that are planned. If you'd like to see some of the planned features, please take a look at the roadmap at https://github.com/orgs/accrescent/projects/4/views/1
Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. The Github issue also is very helpful. Seems that's exactly my answer to "Why do I need a fourth store in addition to F-Droid, AuroraStore and Obtanium" 😉
Have a nice day, thanks for the STT keyboard! I didn't really engage in the discussion because I'm exactly in the same situation as other people here. I already have the FUTO one and Sayboard... But eventually I'd like to replace FUTO software with free software alternatives. I don't like their licensing. So this is very welcome.
Have a nice day to you too, and your welcome! Also keep in mind Transcribro can be used the same way as you imply you're using Sayboard with FUTO. Just saying in case you didn't know.
I checked it out. This appstore has like 8 apps from which the majority is made by this developer. I wouldn't even be surprised if he's not trying to promote his app but the appstore instead. I'd not trust this store.
Please don't spread baseless claims. The majority of the apps on Accrescent as of writing are not made by me. Only 3 out of the 12 apps are. I have already stated if you don't want to get my app from Accrescent, then you don't have to. There are apk files released on GitHub releases, which the download section of the README.md talks about.
FUTO keyboard seems pretty cool! By default it switches to an enabled voice input keyboard when you press the microphone button, so you can actually use Transcribro with FUTO's keyboard! Better together! Of course perhaps you like their voice input or another voice input more. But it's good that they give you an option rather than being limited to only theirs! Transcribro might be a better option for you if you like how it has more buttons and some unique features compared to FUTO's. It's also around the same speed and accuracy as they both use the same underlying model. So give it a try and let me know!
Again, you can use the FUTO keyboard and Transcribro together. All you have to do is enable Transcribro's keyboard (the Start screen will guide you), and then make sure in FUTO's keyboard in Voice Input the "Disable built-in voice input" is on. After that, pressing the mic button should switch to Transcribro. If you'd like Transcribro to automatically switch back, you can toggle that on in its settings.
It’s code. It’s a project someone made to graphically illustrate and demonstrate, in the wild, why the entire concept of MS Recall is an absolutely awful, foundationally-flawed idea. It is not a “hacker tool”. The MS c-suite and board members are just pissed that stock go down as a result of their stupidity, and they’re looking for people to blame who aren’t themselves.
It’s absolutely not a “hacker tool”. It’s a proof of concept. It’s just code. The author and/or editor is leaning on ingrained negative kneejerk reactions from less knowledgeable members of the general public towards the term “hacker”.
Please go through the FAQ section of the git project. It's an eye-opener.
Q. Does this enable mass data breaches of website?
A. Yes. The next time you see a major data breach where customer data is clearly visible in the breach, you’re going to presume company who processes the data are at fault, right?
But if people have used a Windows device with Recall to access the service/app/whatever, hackers can see everything and assemble data dumps without the company who runs the service even being aware. The data is already consistently structured in the Recall database for attackers.
So prepare for AI powered super breaches. Currently credential marketplaces exist where you can buy stolen passwords — soon, you will be able to buy stolen customer data from insurance companies etc as the entire code to do this has been preinstalled and enabled on Windows by Microsoft.
I doubt it. There are plenty of tools that already do this if that was what they wanted, they’d just model it after those. Storing it locally isn’t how such tools usually work, they get shipped off to a remote server for ingestion.
Keep making open source projects words no one can pronounce or spell. I love using stuff no one uses… glad it’s being worked on but wow it’s like a battle to name things confusing sets of letters
Indeed, but the pronouncing of its dead happened less than 24 hours before I posted this and I thought it would be best to pin it to its last update for searching purposes.
I find nzb360 to be all I need and more, on android. Wish it were there on ios too. Would be great to see the new LunaSea and paying makes sense, but I don't know if I'll be up for installing a server side application for this.
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