Mastodawn

#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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Gaming Against Violence Oct 29

@fdroidorg

Our nonprofit group's award winning, prosocial, non-violent video games were removed by #Google.

🤥 They claimed that we had misled them by classifying them as #educational. Google purported to know more about our work than we do.

🎮 Our free games about #consent and #healthyrelationships were unilaterally removed from Google Play, making it much tougher for us to reach and help young people.

🧡 The ubiquity of smartphones make game marketplaces a necessary channel for us to reach #adolescents directly.

#indiegames #publichealth #violenceprevention #DVAM #antitrust #criticalthinking #dh #undueinfluence #duopoly #education #students @stopTDV

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F-Droid

@gamingagainstv @stopTDV But is it #FLOSS ?

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Jennifer Ann's Group Oct 30

@fdroidorg @gamingagainstv

No, not truly #floss.

Our games are free and can be shared freely; no DRM.

But, due to the nature of the games, we don't allow changes to the meaning and nature of the narratives.

The games are non-violent, trauma-informed, and designed for ages 11-15. Topics include #consent and #abuse #prevention. We won't allow the games to be adapted into something violent or harmful.

This approach limits our reach - but helps us protect students from harmful content.

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F-Droid Oct 30

@stopTDV @gamingagainstv Even if it can't be in the f-droid.org repo, you can always host your own repo with your apps. See https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Setup_an_F-Droid_App_Repo/

Setup an F-Droid App Repo | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Overview Local Demo Repo HOWTO Customization App Metadata Real World Setup F-Droid.org is the default package repository (repo) in the F-Droid client, but it...

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Jennifer Ann's Group Oct 30

@fdroidorg @gamingagainstv @crecente

Thank you, this is great to know! We use F-Droid but didn't realize we could host a repository with our apps.

We still have some work to do to finish getting our environment setup properly; once that's done we will add a repository. Thanks again!