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

submitted 4 months 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.

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months 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.