F-DroidOct 28

#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.

#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.

What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?

What does Google?

Here's #FDroid: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...

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@fdroidorg Hot take: Google can afford to do this chiefly for two reasons:

1. They're one half of a duopoly.
2. We all need a smartphone to function in modern society.

If people knew they could buy a KaiOS phone and use it for 2FA or payments, Google might not be so cocky. If governments everywhere didn't keep threatening to eliminate cash, Google might not feel too big to fail. Demanding regulation is all good and well. I hope it works. But they'll just try again, like with Chat Control.

Oct 28 at 6:34pmWeb