You’ll have to trust an additional party when getting your apps, and updates are often a couple days behind.

I know how it works, and in this case, that’s fine with me.

F-Droid has an excellent track record; better than many developers have. And I’m not addicted to having the latest versions of everything on the day they’re released. In fact, not immediately jumping on the latest versions has saved me from nasty bugs more than once.