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You can side-load an app from anywhere so you don’t even need storefronts like f-droid, you can just have the APKs as releases right with wherever you’re hosting the source code!
On apple/iOS - The app store, you have to pay a annual fee to be a registered developer.
On android you have f-droid, fully open source, no fees.
Or the Google Play Store, which has a low one-time fee iirc.
There is a fee to list on the google play store? i had no idea!
I think its fair for a FOSS developer to make it free on fdroid and charge $1-5 on the play store, but i rarely see it. :)
There is a one-time signup fee. Last time I heard about it it was 20$ or something. I don’t think you have to pay per listing.
You can side-load an app from anywhere so you don’t even need storefronts like f-droid, you can just have the APKs as releases right with wherever you’re hosting the source code!