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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ (www.404media.co)
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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

F-Droid is a staple of the FOSS community and it will effectively be shut down due to these changes.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/f-droid-project-threatened-by-googles-new-dev-registration-rules/

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Could the EFF or individuals sponsor apps from devs who refuse to identify to Big Goog?

    Dev sends EFF the source code,

    EFF registers with Google,

    EFF submits the app,

    Everybody’s happy except a number of people for obvious reasons but at least the app’s verified

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    That sounds like just changing who is verifying the developer. Whether it's the EFF (because they aren't going to put their name and reputation at risk for unreviewed source code) or google, the issue is the same.

    Someone has to be the middle man in deciding what is allowed to be installed.

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