Google sideloading and F-droid prospects (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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[-] pirate2377@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

You could also run Google Play Services for essential apps like for your bank account as an example under a "work profile" using Shelter to isolate them into their own environment. However, I'm not sure how well that's going to work after the app verification update since Shelter won't ever be on Google Play, but Shelter will be evaluated as admin in that environment alongside Google Play Services. So, who knows?

this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2025

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