Accrescent, for those who don’t know, is an alternative android app store. They aim to compete directly with the play store, so unlike F-Droid they include both FOSS and proprietary apps. They are also very security focused. They’re still small but I find their approach interesting and their ambition worth supporting.
Unfortunately, as with many FOSS projects, funding is a challenge. If you believe they are worth supporting, please read this blog post.
Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with the project in any way, just a fan trying to raise awareness.
offering propriety apps is a good way to ween the dependency off of the play store, though. not everyone can meet fdroid requirements.
That’s why Izzy on droid exists. If there are apps that are not on f-droid, and you choose to enable that repository, you can still get them.