gofossSep 29, 2025

For 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.

Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.

Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

@marcprux @fdroidorg

F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When co...

Show threadPureTryOutSep 30, 2025
@don_atoms @marcprux @fdroidorg It would help if you'd stop calling it "sideloading" and just used the normal term "installing".
Also, stop using Android. The only real option is moving away, use #MobileLinux.
Show threadMartin MarconciniSep 30, 2025

@bart @don_atoms @marcprux @fdroidorg you cannot expect billions of devices to "stop using Android", don't be a clown.

Also what do you expect billions of users to do? Install Linux on their phones? And then what? You can't even make phone calls.

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@gryzor @fdroidorg @bart @don_atoms @marcprux

you can't even make phone calls
androiddev.socialthat makes sense

Sep 30, 2025 at 3:46pmWeb
Show threadMartin MarconciniSep 30, 2025

@tauon
I've been doing Android and iOS development since 2010, I lived in silicon valley for 7 years. It's so bad you don't wanna know.

If I could switch industries, I would.

But people saying "using Android (or iOS) is bad, use Linux instead", are completely detached from modern life.

Or live in world regions where you may not need them.

In the Netherlands, you'd probably last 2 days before you need one for anything. /shrug

(I don't like it, but I didn't do this) :)

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@gryzor i did not say you can just stop using android and ios (see quote), i said "you can't make phone calls" is wrong

RE: https://possum.city/notes/adaaqukyloxa0b9s
Show threadMartin MarconciniSep 30, 2025

@tauon my apologies I'm aware of this (I have a plethora of devices with various OSes and have tried Linux on a smartphone)

I wish it was as simple as flashing a USB drive, booting, and bam. No more iOS or Android.

In my experience it's very far from that.

As for making phone calls, I think the last time I had to make one was a while ago. And 70% of the ones I receive, are spammers/scammers so I'd be ok with a non-call "phone" :)

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@gryzor yeah the actual experience of installing another os is definitely not as good as it is on pc