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
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    14 days ago

    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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      13 days ago

      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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        12 days 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.