"Apps" front page promotes apps which track users

• /e/ version: 0.19

Summary

When opening /e/ “Apps”, the user is greeted with a list of mostly proprietary applications with attractive images, but full of trackers. /e/ is essentially promoting these apps and, in doing so, leads its users (especially the novices) down the wrong path. A privacy-focused system encouraging users to give up their privacy.

Instead of that, the front page could contain entirely privacy-respecting free software, à la F-Droid. Users could still install whatever they wanted, but they would have to look for the junk, not have it pushed on them.

(see forum discussion)

Description

When opening /e/ “Apps”, the user is greeted with a list of mostly proprietary applications with attractive images, but full of trackers.

What is the improved behavior?

By default, the front page should showcase entirely privacy-respecting free software (Privacy score >=6), à la F-Droid. Users could still install whatever they wanted, but they would have to look for the junk, not have it pushed on them.

What does it bring?

The app installer would stop encouraging users to abandon their privacy and use proprietary software.