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@don_atoms@hostux.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

For 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.

Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.

Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

@marcprux @fdroidorg

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@gemlog@tilde.zone replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@don_atoms

If it had anything at all to do with 'security', then goog would ensure the source code was available for all their stuff like f-droid does.

@xmanmonk @marcprux @fdroidorg

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@bart@mastodon.fam-ribbers.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@don_atoms @marcprux @fdroidorg It would help if you'd stop calling it "sideloading" and just used the normal term "installing".
Also, stop using Android. The only real option is moving away, use #MobileLinux.

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