Kevin Karhan Sep 25, 2025

THIS is #extortion and #blackmail by #Google and I'd like to ask if anyone else wants to file protest at @BNetzA & @EUCommission if not file charges against #Google for said felonious blackmail...

Seriously, I hope @fdroidorg / #Fdroid and other #3rdParty #AppStores actively consider this #AntiCompetitive action by Google as an act of #sabotage.

  • NOONE can claim Google are "the good guys" when they are subject to #CloudAct and enforce #cyberfacist bs like that.

It's time for #Android to be #forked!

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@kkarhan @BNetzA @EUCommission @fdroidorg

Google have provided very little information about how their "developer verification policy" will operate in practice, but the F-Droid Board of Directors is currently investigating this. We have written about what we know so far on the F-Droid website:

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/22/google-developer-verification-policy-and-the-dma.html

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/18/ec-dma-compliance-workshops.html

It is clear that the "developer verification policy" as described presents a significant threat to F-Droid's ability to offer a FOSS alternative to proprietary app stores. Expect more information about our response in the coming weeks!

Google Developer Verification Policy and the DMA | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is “the EU’s law to make the markets in the digital sector fairer and more contestable”.F-Droid strongly aligns with many of th...

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Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 26, 2025

@seabass thanks for the info.

Personally, I use @fdroidorg / #Fdroid exclusively and think that their approach for their own repo (pull the #git sources for any #App and compile the release version before signing it with F-Droid's key) is sufficiently secure.

  • OFC one can add 3rd party repos to it and those could be malicious as similar to #Linux package managers like apt, they've to provide their own signatures and knowingly adding malicious repos will enable #malware…

Personally, I hope @EUCommission and other #regulators will tell #Google that this is unacceptable and I hope developers will instead file charges for #blackmail and #extortion against Google rather than #SelfDoxxing!