An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
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As we wrote about back in September in F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree, Google plans to enforce mandatory developer registration as a requ...
  • toastal@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    21 days ago

    I hope folks aren’t actually surprised Google would’ve eventually done this. Support F-Droid, but start getting yourselves ready to migrate off the mobile duopoly as Apple & Google are becoming more like one another with the power. Yeah, that means yelling at your bank to not require an app & using cash too.

  • firedragon@social.librem.one
    1·
    8 days ago

    @RmDebArc_5

    Why ask Goggle’s permission?

    I’ve started using the Zapstore app store being built by the Nostr community. Zapstore is an app built around empowering developers to release and sign apps over the Nostr protocol without having to get permission from any app store or any other entity such as a tyrannical goveenment

    F-Droid could release apps over the Nostr protocol, using their own Nostr ckient, and bypass Google completely.

    Zapstore just released ver 1.0

    Zapstore.dev

    • RmDebArc_5@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Zapstore would also have to verify itself and all its apps as Google verified will block any unverified apps, no matter the app store.

        • RmDebArc_5@feddit.orgOPEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          I do as well, however that represents only a small part of f-droids userbase. A lot of people aren’t financiallt in the position to get a new device that support GrapheneOS/lineageos/eOS etc or need some apps that will only work on google verified devices

          • firedragon@social.librem.one
            01·
            7 days ago

            @RmDebArc_5

            Lineage runs on a zillionolder older inexpensive phones.

            If they can’t figure somethjng out, then that’s on them. I honestly don’t care about zombie sheeple like them. They deserve what they get.

            • RmDebArc_5@feddit.orgOP
              2·
              7 days ago

              The less people use the app repositories the less support they get by app developers, they need any support they can get if they want to offer a decent number of apps

              • firedragon@social.librem.one
                0·
                7 days ago

                @RmDebArc_5

                When you release an app using the Nostr protocol, clients like Zapstore grab the app directly from GitHub, GitLab or whatever platform the developer uses, bypassing the need for repositories.

                • RmDebArc_5@feddit.orgOPEnglish
                  2·
                  7 days ago

                  Zapstore still has some kind of app repository, even if that isn’t the official name. And someone still has to publish the app