TacoButtPlug comments on F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Ascrod@midwest.social to c/technology@midwest.social

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In a blog post, F-Droid staff say that Google's plan to force devs outside Google Play to register with the company threatens to kill alternative app stores like F-Droid.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ahhh sooo now Android is turning into Apple. I guess this should have been seen as coming since google killed the open development of Android. I'm out of the loop but aren't there versions of Android that aren't google based?

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah there's versions based on AOSP such as Lineage and Graphene. If nothing else I hope F-Droid remains operational for them.

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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

real. fdroid is going to be necessary as shit in the US gets more dystopian. i didn't realize graphene is a fork but people are turning to it.

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