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[–] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 85 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

project’s donation funds for personal expenses, like holiday trips

I do have the same overall concerns though and for me enough reason to switch the moment its possible also. But I tend to see the 'the holiday trips' as a symtpom instead of a problem. Later on they explained that some developers received 3 months salary worth of pay over the course of 4 years. Putting a lot more time in it during those four years. If I contributed that much for free I also would spend it on a holiday. But the problem is like you said transparancy:

  • No openness of financial transactions which I guess showing salary wouldnt be a problem and if everybody was able to see the salary was reasonable. (and I dont care what people do with it in their private live).
  • Maybe they didnt organise it that way (paying oneself for labour and tell everyone) but maybe they used it directly for holidays etc, which is a problem for the business entity they have I guess. Like my boss paying my holiday instead of my salary.
  • Reluctant to answer questions in reasonable timeframes (couple of months)
[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Switching is possible now, if you want. CoMaps builds have been released for a while, and are in f-droid I think since today? I have no idea about Google play store.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had to go to the F-droid setting, click on Include Anti-Features, then enable 'Tethered Network Services' for it to show up in the F-droid search.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Glad to be of help and that you're up and running! :D

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

I just saw this post but didn't look any further into it than reading the title.

[–] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Smartphone from employer doesnt permit sideloading. ;)