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Syncthing Android app discontinued (forum.syncthing.net)
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Announcement by the creator: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version.

Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!

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[-] bilb@lem.monster 7 points 1 day ago

To apple? Linux phone experience is just trash.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is my currently dilemma.
Each year Android becomes more restrictive like iOS with none of the benefits, Rooting becomes harder as more apps tap into the Play Integrity API (and strong Integrity is on the way to kill most workarounds for it), iPhone got a little better but is still locked down as fuck, where the hell do I go to? 😒

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

LineageOS, maybe? Still Android, but (AFAIK) more open to change than standard Android.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 22 hours ago

I've been using custom ROMs for a while now, but the reality is that they can only do so much to stop Android's ever increasing restrictions.
And the aforementioned Integrity API also detects unlocked bootloaders, meaning this will gradually become more of a problem.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Realistically I have no where to go and that's the problem. iOS is even more locked down.

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