F-DroidFeb 20

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* Client banners, did you forget something?
* Basic 2.0-alpha3, test test test!
* Google Push w/o proprietary libs
* #DolphinEmulator huge updates and stories
* #ImageToolbox gets #AI
* #Luanti #Minetest texture fix
* #Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter upgrade
* #ProtonVPN w/o #OpenVPN
+ one new app
& 291 updates
- five archived

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Keep Android Open | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 20 Feb 2026, Week 8 F-Droid core During our talks with F-Droid users at FOSDEM26 we were baffled to learn most w...

Show threadLily :3
@fdroidorg Speaking of Android being locked down by Google, two weeks ago I saw a post on your forum about a Free Android SDK project that could be a drop-in replacement for the standard SDK (that creates a legally binding contract with Google on current ToS). Sadly, the last message is from October.
Is there any progress on this front, or Google already managed to lock down this part of Android?
Feb 21 at 2:17amTuba
Show threadF-DroidFeb 23
@lily_linck It's a complex subject, that's the big thread where stuff happens, feel free to help or follow.