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Brad Linder
@bradlinder@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

F-Droid, a distributor of free, open source, ad-free, privacy-respecting apps for Android says Google's impending move to block installation of third-party apps from devs that haven't registered with Google could spell the end of F-Droid if it goes forward. https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html #FDroid #Android #Google #Security #AppStores #FOSS

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EF
@EF@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@bradlinder haven't various courts around the world effectively banned what Google is aiming to do? @eff

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soaproot
@soaproot@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@bradlinder To be honest I don't clearly understand all the details but I totally would pick F-Droid over the Play Store and now that I might have to choose, it just toughens my resolve. I hope getting a @murena phone (once available in my country which is supposedly soon) is sufficient?

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patricus
@patricus@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@bradlinder yep, and obviously google will want to do it anyway

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