They should put qualifiers on their statements about being open source, then. But they also have the argument that people will just compile it themselves if they care, because their product is very niche. Social media isn't that niche, you can't expect everyone that cares about open source social media apps to realize at first glance the difference between yours and one with a more verifiable pre compiled binary Is what I'm saying more accurate now or am I still missing something? Sorry about the delayed reply, was driving for a bit

Yes, but I don't know if they care enough to change. They seem to like the power of telling how people should ship their apps. To me that power shouldn't even exist. That's why Obtainium or Zapstore are better models. No central cartel to decide what is and is not acceptable.