I do not agree with the naysayers trashing the App store.
The /e/ OS is still in beta and so is the app store, theres still lots of stuff to do, bugs to fix, kinks to iron out, and still some more de-google-fying to be had. I feel very privileged to have a FREE functional BETA OS replacement free from most of the google trappings.
Its bareley been running 1 year. From what i understand there was no app store less than a month or two ago.This should be viewed more as a placeholder for whats to come rather than a finished product.
The app privacy rating is (i think unique) i am completely new to android, i hate smart phones in general, the only smart phone ive ever had was (dont laugh) a Windows Phone which i know also spys. But now im forced to either android or apple as whatsapp is stopping service for Windows Phone by the end of the year.
I was greatly happy to see; before buying a second hand phone to learn of /e/OS and their efforts that i could be (nearly)free from datamining. Being a PC user, i havent used the main google webpage search since 2003, prior to startpage and duckduckgo, i liked to use scroogle search which was one of the first google search scrapers of its time it had some great anti google info published in its day tho sadly closed.
So moving to and buying an android phone was terrifying for me till now!
I feel the work being carried out by the /e/foundation team is extremley important, we should show patience and give praise… its ok to criticise, though dont forget its a work in progress, more awesomeness yet to come i`m sure!