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Google's dev registration plan will end the F-Droid project
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
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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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You will simply not be able to install anything, unless the FOSS dev is cool with providing their ID to Google, and agrees to its ToS, and Google likes the app and signs it.
Which many devs (myself included) will definitely NOT be.
@smiletolerantly @NutWrench it's scary. Really scary.