Yes.

1. F-Droid signs all builds with its own keys, so you can’t readily verify if an app supplied by F-Droid is the same as on other app stores.

2. F-Droid allows a lower target SDK: this is good for users running very old versions of Android, but bad for people who download an app that hasn’t been updated in years and has multiple security vulnerabilities.

3. Slow/irregular updates: often it can takes days, weeks or sometimes months for an app update to be available via F-Droid (at least from their official repo). This can have real consequences if you’re waiting for an update for a critical security issue.

Here’s an example of someone leveraging a supply chain attack against an F-Droid build of an app.

F-Droid is a great project for providing an alternative source of apps to app stores run by companies, and I admire their goals, but from a security standpoint I wouldn’t recommend using it unless you have no other sourcw for an app you need.

Yeah I feel exactly the same about Cool World. I’m not familiar with some of the bands on your list so I’m going to check them out.

Also, I’m seeing Thou on Tuesday and I am so fucking excited.

I’ve got some crossover with yours:

Perishing - Lutum I’m surprised this is first, but it’s a solid death metal EP. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/lutum-ep/1725319668 Bandcamp: https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/lutum Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7KBCO9Z2H3AAdkZtWKk5NX

Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive Probably my favourite album this year. Doom metal. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mind-burns-alive/1733291253 Bandcamp: https://pallbearer.bandcamp.com/album/mind-burns-alive Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ppoXtj1diskTKxHyuChWI

Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror Love this album, it’s so varied. Post metal/doomgaze. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/from-the-other-side-of-the-mirror/1726433759 Bandcamp: https://glassing.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-other-side-of-the-mirror-2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yPlGyhFbGXaj6uDwGfqli

Thou - Umbilical Crushing sludge metal. It’s filthy. Apple Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yPlGyhFbGXaj6uDwGfqli Bandcamp: https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/umbilical Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WILkP95BuckkTIm4OIQRm

Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition I was in two minds about this album, but ultimately it’s a fun death metal release. Produced by my boy Kurt Ballou from Converge. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dark-superstition/1730545041 Bandcamp: https://gatecreeper.bandcamp.com/album/dark-superstition Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7BhpoTy951vKzT7xeQJg9e

Iress - Sleep Now, In Reverse Beautiful, melodic doomgaze. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sleep-now-in-reverse/1737997346 Bandcamp: https://weareiress.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-now-in-reverse Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7dgD2RpoUq9WkmAQMzFyQQ

Dry Socket - Sorry For Your Loss PNW hardcore punk. Unapologetic. Apple Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/7dgD2RpoUq9WkmAQMzFyQQ Bandcamp: https://drysocketpdx.bandcamp.com/album/sorry-for-your-loss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0eoqR7hpgBcltVCdJmg8iy

Lowen - Do Not Go to War With the Demons of Mazandaran Doom metal inspired by Persian music and mythology. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/do-not-go-to-war-with-the-demons-of-mazandaran/1743831255 Bandcamp: https://lowen.bandcamp.com/album/do-not-go-to-war-with-the-demons-of-mazandaran-2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/79tvicAFSw9tUc3qbxLf5P

Outlander - Acts of Harm Fantastic alt/shoegaze album. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/acts-of-harm/1739437993 Bandcamp: https://outlandertheband.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-harm Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/70RPahrgTxFidKOuMI4QBC

The Cure - Songs of a Lost World They snuck this album out and it’s fucking great. Classic morose Cure. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/songs-of-a-lost-world/1768728131 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4wjxmqXnSQvBZWL3IbYngX

Didn’t quite make it but I love it too:

Chat Pile - Cool World This is a great album, I just ended up listening to the others more. Noise rock/sludge metal, similar to early Swans. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cool-world/1750294553 Bandcamp: https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/cool-world Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3k7GhMNdQ0KXGkC84qVRf2

I use Google Play Store, Graphene’s app store and Accrescent. I feel that the known privacy issues from Google Play are more acceptable to me than the unknown consequences to my privacy due to the looser security from F-Droid.

I’m always here for FotN 😊

I still can’t keep myself from howling along to Wolf Moon

Yeah the only other point I have about this list is it’s very Wax Trax!-centric. That’s not a bad thing, but other labels existed.

For me, it’s both an industrial and metal album.

I know “what is industrial?” gets debated a lot, and while the instrumentation on Streetcleaner is very standard for a metal band (give or take the drum machine), I think the production, structure and composition lean heavily towards industrial. I can hear a lot of similarity to Test Dept. or SPK in it.

This and Floorkiller brings back memories.

I’m particularly partial to the band Bohren & der Club of Gore, who play “dark jazz”. Imagine the kind of jazz you’d expect to be playing at 3am in a smokey, forgotten jazz club where cynical private detectives go to drink away the memories of the one woman who got away.

I can’t really argue with the choices, especially since it’s limited to a 3 year window.

Edit: I’d swap out KMFDM for Streetcleaner by Godflesh. Controversial, I know 😏

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With friends? some Belgian beers I swiped from my parents and shared with my friends. I think it was Westmalle Dubbel.

And yes, I already knew not to drink the sediment 😂

Aah okay! yeah that’d be a lot of vodka

That jackdaw looks like it’s seconds away from mischief.

Great photo, as usual!

5l of vodka?!

Clearly up to no good…

That was an interesting and fun video! There’s a lot going on behind music promotion beyond just being active on socials, but it’s an interesting experiment.

I set about trying to answer this and imposter syndrome kicked in hard. But I’m learning to ignore that self-critical inner voice.

I’m great at problem-solving and finding creative solutions to difficult problems. That hyperfocus/obssessive thinking trait really comes to the fore here.

I’m also good at music, especially when it comes to analyzing and recreating particular sounds.

FWIW, I think this phrasing is understood differently depending on region. In the UK, and especially the northern counties in England, this is mostly understood to be a humorous exclamation of disbelief rather than anything aggressive.