Accrescent is a novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability. We’ve been building Accrescent since 2021 to improve the security and freedom of everyday Android users by providing an alternative to Google Play which doesn’t compromise on technical excellence and protecting our users. Aligned with this mission, over 42,000 people worldwide trust Accrescent to deliver their apps safely. Now, we need your help to continue.
Accrescent has always been free to use because we believe security shouldn’t have to come at a price. We also understand we’re trusted by our users to secure a sensitive and significant portion of their lives — the apps they use — so we’ve built Accrescent transparently, making our code open source so others can run and inspect it as they please.
What would you use instead? PayPal? Which was literally founded by fascist Elon Musk and democracy-hating Peter Thiel?
Anything that involves banks? Literally centralized financial institution that are subject to extensive KYC/AML regulation?
GitHub Sponsors at least doesn’t charge fees, so it’s the best of these options. But crypto, especially XMR, is objectively better for accepting donations online.
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I did read the article. Crypto is just not even worth mentioning.
Your whole point is that a privacy focused app store should provide privacy focused donation methods… which crypto is…
Its also rife with scams and incredibly volatile.
Sure, but again to your point, it’s a privacy friendly way to donate.
There are lots of other private ways to donate that don’t involve scams.
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What would you use instead? PayPal? Which was literally founded by fascist Elon Musk and democracy-hating Peter Thiel?
Anything that involves banks? Literally centralized financial institution that are subject to extensive KYC/AML regulation?
GitHub Sponsors at least doesn’t charge fees, so it’s the best of these options. But crypto, especially XMR, is objectively better for accepting donations online.
LiberaPay? Kofi? Givebutter?
So because crypto has been used for scams, no one should use it or support someone who accepts it?
Wait till you hear about fiat.
Crypto is only rife with scum because of its privacy. And I don’t disapprove of private alternatives just because bad people use them.
That’s government speak. 1:1
No because it’s used almost exclusively in scams. Also because of the insane environmental impact.
I’ll say the same thing about platforms like Zelle or wire transfers. If someone asks you for them, it’s almost certainly a scam.