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@fdroidorg i wouldn't even care much about only getting 80kbit/s (as i do frequently) if fdroid kept reliably puttering along but very often it stops like 10% in unless i keep the app and screen active. when i can't do something else while it's downloading it's much more of an issue.
thanks for being a main reason i don't need a google account 
@fdroidorg mostly I had issues with servers in the USA, I chose "not my country" and it was fine. Might work for someone?
@fdroidorg Same Problem with the current update cycle, basically none of my downloads start.
@fdroidorg I think fdroid servers are down
@fdroidorg
Somebody know if this drastic change of Google affects all android versions??
Somebody know if this drastic change of Google affects all android versions??
@Fer24 We expect to affect all devices that Google controls, those which came with Google Play & Services. But we have no insight into the future.
@fdroidorg no wonder my update was slow. then i turned on orbot and it was normal again for some reason?!?
@fdroidorg
The perfect time was these days to switch phones.
It takes time to download the apps and get everything back in place but never had a phone laying around for hours just to download the apps.
This box is ✅ now. No need to do it twice ;)
The perfect time was these days to switch phones.
It takes time to download the apps and get everything back in place but never had a phone laying around for hours just to download the apps.
This box is ✅ now. No need to do it twice ;)
@fdroidorg
Any chance your also getting hammered with traffic from AI scrapers?
@fdroidorg
To less information and to short time period. Seems like an advantagously chosen time windows and thus suspicious
@fdroidorg would explain the slowness - glad you've got shiz solved :)
@fdroidorg its like how microsoft makes linux users or the US makes terrorists
@fdroidorg took an hour to update five apps. 
@fdroidorg TLDR, Google takes a page from Apple about app verification
@fdroidorg what evil thing did Google announce lately?
@fdroidorg interesting. At #IzzyOnDroid, we saw this spike 2 days earlier, at the 23rd, with number of downloads (https://stats.izzyondroid.org/) suddenly spiking from 30k to 50k daily (but there were such spikes before). Coincidence? But yeah, number of daily visitors started climbing after 24th with 250k to 270k on the 27th…
IzzyOnDroid web server statistics: visitors and hits between 2025-08-15 and 2025-08-27
IzzyOnDroid Client Download Trends from 2025-08-14 to 2025-08-23
@fdroidorg I'd be interested to know your thoughts on what Google's dastardly plan will mean for Fdroid. Will you be making a post on it at some point?
@fdroidorg
No effects for me. Still slow.
No effects for me. Still slow.
@fdroidorg thanks for keeping us in the loop! 😊
Appreciate all the hard work yall do!
@fdroidorg Better having slow open source repo than fast deep shit Playstore
@fdroidorg I believe that at least some Linux package managers monitor the download speed and automatically change the mirror if it's unexpectedly low. Maybe an idea for you too?
@fdroidorg
Very timely advice, FDroid!
Thus just happened to me yesterday, and the only strategy I had was to wait it out.
Now, thanks to YOU, I know better.
Very timely advice, FDroid!
Thus just happened to me yesterday, and the only strategy I had was to wait it out.
Now, thanks to YOU, I know better.
@fdroidorg I like the sound of this, Thank you!!
@fdroidorg does it try pick the fastest or closest one by default? It is very slow even after canceling and starting again a few times, so I assume not.
@fdroidorg
I disabled a bunch of mirrors, and the ones that were left were fast. I arbitrarily picked ones close to me, and a couple from other regions I liked the flags of.
Not an educated solution, but it may work until the true issue is revealed.
@fdroidorg
Same here – sadly no effect. 😕 My download speed is still painfully slooow...
@fdroidorg if I am not in a hurry sometimes I just ride it out, with 100kB/s speeds like the good old days
@fdroidorg who manages those mirrors?
@fdroidorg Had no effect for me during the last update cycle. Downloads wouldn't even start for a day.
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