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What about Aurora Store and F-Droid?
Each individual app developer will have to register with Google, regardless of where you install the app from: F-Droid, Aurora, Obtainium, directly getting the APK from GitHub, doesn't matter.
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I've been using LineageOS for years, and have been planning for my next phone to be a used Pixel running GrapheneOS. While this announcement from Google sucks shit, it won't affect me I don't think. More worrying are the other changes in the pipeline that would stop development of GrapheneOS. I am dying for a working Linux phone.
It won’t apply to GrapheneOS. It only applies to certified OSes and GrapheneOS is not certified because it doesn’t license Google Mobile Services.
I get that. I'm more worried about other planned changes that will affect Grapheme development.
The ban is only in Brazil, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Terrible, and those are some of the bigger markets, but I am not affected in a years time. I will have to see more as we approach the date on working around it.
The change is global, but it's hitting those countries first (2026).
From the official post about the change:
- October 2025: Early access begins. Invitations will be sent out gradually.
- March 2026: Verification opens for all developers.
- September 2026: These requirements go into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. At this point, any app installed on a certified Android device in these regions must be registered by a verified developer.
- 2027 and beyond: We will continue to roll out these requirements globally.
I'm probably going to spam this around a bit, since most people don't seem to know about it, but a reminder that FuriLabs has a (GNU+)Linux phone with decent spec.s and the ability to run Android app.s (from what I've heard) pretty decently: https://furilabs.com/
Biggest drawback is it's based on Halium. Usual growing pains of a new product/company apply but apparently the company is pretty responsive and their dev.s have worked with customers to get things like calling working with the carrier and bands of their country where it hasn't worked before so improvements move pretty quickly.
Collection of different experiences I've variously seen online over the last year or so:
- https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/07-20-flx1-actually-usable-linux-phone.gmi
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41839326
- https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1fa1ljn/furilabs_flx1/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1j46f2w/flx1_linux_phone_display_out/
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/furiphone_flx1/
I don't own one, myself, so I can't give any personal experience but I've seen it around for a few years now but most people don't seem to even know about it. Maybe there's a reason for that? But none I've ever seen anyone say.
(all that said, – if they take PayPal – I'm gonna buy one with PayPal credit as soon as humanly feasible; the end goal, for me, was always to move to Mobile Linux, eventually, so I'm very interested to try out if this makes it finally feasible, for me)
I think I want this. I just can't do without rcs messaging. My family won't switch to the apps
Honestly no idea. It's hard enough finding a phone with an audio jack, and now I have to find a phone with an audio jack, and an unlockable bootloader so I can install another OS?
Just seems like my way of living is incompatible with modern society. It's all just too hard
yeah so hard to switch to wireless audio. horrible even.
Source for this ban claim?
I know there is a ban on not being able to install unsigned apps, but it won't limit apps to only Google Play apps.
Please, while the whole situation is BS, adding complete misinformation to the mix isn't going to help.
Source: Google themselves.
It never fails to amuse me how confidently wrong some people can be when they don't even read what they link to.
Because, you know, if you did read that link, you'd know how wrong you were.
What's wrong about:
Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers
we're working on a separate type of Android Developer Console account
I don't want to suck Google's dick and create a Google account to send my applications to people who want to sideload them.
You were confidently wrong about me being a regular user. Nice try though.
You literally pointed out that sideloading will still be available, which is what this is about. It's not about if developers need to be registered, that's its own issue with is separate own issue. Blocking sideloading means no more 3rd party stores, which will still be very much allowed even in these ruling.
And when did I say anything about you being any type of user, regular or otherwise? And what does that have to do with anything about this false claim that sideloading will be banned?
Did you reply to the wrong comment? Or are you taking confidently wrong to a whole new level?
Sideloading with a central authority is not sideloading.
So how long until celluar providers also say you have to have a trusted device to activate your SIM? Apple, Google, Samsung, automotive and Windows would be fine and they’d probably allow their branded or limited hotspots.
This would basically eliminate any Linux option (pc or phone), and DIY devices. I could see other OOB vendors getting on board to be certified to have a certificate issued to them.
Not impossible, but SIMs go in all kinds of devices nowadays including tons of generic IOT gadgets.
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