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/
@onlooker @Korkki indeed … By 2027 I will have my phone (and old spare phone) on an alternative OS.
In the early days of MS-DOS I had a lock-in and won’t have that again if I can avoid it.
(And all the other reasons to leave Google and the other big tech)