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Due to "anti-features" introduced unilaterally by some people from FDroid community, it is not possible to find Organic Maps using the search in FDroid client without tinkering with its settings first: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/issues/3347
By default, it is possible to find apps with ads, with tracking, with non-free network services, dependencies and assets, apps without source code and with known vulnerabilities. But it is not possible to find Organic Maps, an open-source app without ads and tracking.
@organicmaps yes, our communication about this change was not ideal.
We tried to cover it in https://f-droid.org/2024/07/25/twif.html and https://f-droid.org/2024/04/04/twif.html, but apparently it wasn't read by everybody (surprise, surprise 
).
Unfortunately, we didn't find any good technical solution to enable the new Anti-Feature automatically (but only for those, who didn't change their AFs manually).
Moreover, this new AF was designed to clearly differentiate, that apps like OM are NOT NonFreeNet, but only TetheredNet.
@piggo @organicmaps @PhotonQyv@strangeobject.space True, then again this is not a secret or something new, no need to hide it, right? This matters though if one wants to understand how an app can be used, what freedoms does it grant or fence, eg. siloed app vs federated.
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@fdroidorg @piggo @organicmaps @PhotonQyv
I totally agree with your reason for splitting the anti feature into two things, but there are two problems with the way this has been done:
1. It's not clear that the name "tethered network" is actually more freedom respecting, and
2. Something using an open network service should absolutely not be hidden by default, especially when much more proprietary anti-features aren't. That goes against the whole point of #FDroid to promote open alternatives.