The lack of automatic updates/upgrades in F-Droid is what keeps putting me off. I completely understand people who want more control over when and which apps get the updates, but this is not a good policy for the general case: I trust the developers of the apps I install from F-Droid to provide me with security, stability and performance updates much more than I distrust them to pull the rug from under my feet.
I also don't think an alternative-to-the-alternative is the right solution. I didn't even know NeoStore or Aurora existed before now, and frankly I don't want to know the difference. F-Droid is already extremely niche, compared to the Play Store. It needs to play every strong card it has available at hand, rather than proliferate the fracturing.
I also don't think an alternative-to-the-alternative is the right solution. I didn't even know NeoStore or Aurora existed before now, and frankly I don't want to know the difference. F-Droid is already extremely niche, compared to the Play Store. It needs to play every strong card it has available at hand, rather than proliferate the fracturing.