Lemmy fait ch...
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
Korkki@lemmy.ml to F-Droid@lemmy.ml · 20 days ago

Google sideloading and F-droid prospects

message-square
message-square
24
link
fedilink
94
message-square

Google sideloading and F-droid prospects

Korkki@lemmy.ml to F-Droid@lemmy.ml · 20 days ago
message-square
24
link
fedilink

What is the future of F-Droid and apps it distributes now that Google is hell bent on stopping sideloading and forcing developers to register at google? A large portion of what F-droid distributes are apps that are not at Google’s good graces.

https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/

  • cardfire@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    20 days ago

    And if that UI optiondisappeared with your next carrier update? What recourse would you have?

F-Droid@lemmy.ml

fdroid@lemmy.ml

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !fdroid@lemmy.ml

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

Website | GitLab | Mastodon

Matrix space | forum | IRC

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 2 users / day
  • 142 users / week
  • 485 users / month
  • 901 users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 9.61K subscribers
  • 428 Posts
  • 3.4K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • fossdd@lemmy.ml
  • testman@lemmy.ml
  • BE: 0.19.11
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org