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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.

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Google sideloading and F-droid prospects (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Korkki@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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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/

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[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is true today, but when the new iron curtain goes up and all of our devices are goog-lag'd next year, it won't be possible, especially with all of the handset makers that distribute in the US being complicit.

Samsung just removed my ability to unlock the bootloader or load any alternate OSes for my handset devices, this summer.

Soon my only options will be to import phones that are only partially compatible with the networks here in the US and that come with their own security and privacy concerns.