These days there are so many apps infested with spyware or adware, and it almost seems as if the stores themselves are promoting them in exchange for a cut. And some apps that start off clean get "updated" to include ads and spying. How do you find free apps that aren't infested?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Marand on Saturday June 06 2015, @11:40PM
Just going to add that, even if you're not using Linux|BSD, this is still useful advice if you're hunting desktop apps. Most -- but not all -- popular FOSS software tends to make its way to Windows and/or OS X as well, so you can search the Ubuntu [ubuntu.com] or Debian [debian.org] package lists to find software. If you find a package that seems interesting, it includes info about the project's homepage, which can be used to find binaries for other OSes.