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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why do these exist? And I mean all those religious book reading applications collectively. Browsing through f-droid it feels like every third beginner's project is a Bible-, Torah- or Koran-reading app.

[–] Mandrew002@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your not wrong lol.

My personal reason was because I simply enjoy the historical aspect to it so I wanted to share it in a more accessible way

[–] Matocus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Mandrew002@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's kinda funny to see, I'm always surprised to see so many in the wild. My guess is just that it allows the developers to get familiar with the technology they're using by making a relatively straightforward kind of app, harder than a counter, but easier than a full-on data wrangling beast

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's my guess, as well. But is it really necessary to publish every single one?

[–] Collective@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

why not? publishing open source software is a good thing. the failure is in fdroids search and discovverability features imho

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao, probably not. Though publishing has its own learning curve too, so maybe they do it anyway for that reason, I don't know

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The short answer is they were indoctrinated from a very (too) young age to center their existence on it for no other tangible reason than that's what happened to their parents.

Edit: what a shock, objective fact gives the indoctrinated a big mad. 🙄