CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netM to Enshittification@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 month agoWhat does this mean for F-Droid?
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 month agoIndividual devs need to submit their app to google to get it blessed, before publishing it on f-droid. Makes it harder for them. Google can say no.
minus-squarebaltakatei@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoTime to figure out how to leave Android, then.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month ago2026 is the year of the Linux phone?
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoFuck F-Droid; what does this mean for YouTube ReVanced? It’s the only sideloaded app I care about. I can’t live without it.
What does this mean for F-Droid?
Individual devs need to submit their app to google to get it blessed, before publishing it on f-droid. Makes it harder for them. Google can say no.
Time to figure out how to leave Android, then.
2026 is the year of the Linux phone?
Fuck F-Droid; what does this mean for YouTube ReVanced?
It’s the only sideloaded app I care about. I can’t live without it.