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What will you do after Android starts restricting FOSS apps?
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this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
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Is this verified, or does it still depend on how the mechanism is implemented?
If app installation is not managed by Google (i.e. if you're not using Google Mobile Services or GMS), Google cannot block the installation of any apps. Graphene's devs have confirmed themselves that this new measure will not affect their ROM
That's great to read
Perfect. I thought about some kernel level shenanigans which could be out of influence for third party vendors.