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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Does this undermine Googles plans to block side loading?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Well, if i can download a F-droid app via Playstore... then i'm basically not "sideloading" anything. This could be interesting!

    But the whole (paid) 'verification' thing still is troubling tho. And we know Google; they are good at breaking things one way or another.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    If I understand well, even if you were able to install F-droid through the store (which you can't because Google doesn't like it), you won't be able to install apps with F-droid anyway if they implement this.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Google has to allow other app stores in Google Play Store in 2026, if Google likes it or not is not relevant.

    And yes, the question remains if you can download from F-droid after installing through PlayStore, i agree with you there (because of the verification thing). It depents on what the court thinks 'sideloading' is, since we already know what Google think it means...

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    A lot of apk devs of nice little unique and often free apks are made by people who aren't going to want to hand over there identification and private info to Google in order to be verified.

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