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Does this break F-Droid?

• kykat 1y ago
  Maybe F-Droid can sign all packages themselves? Would google let them do that?
  • can16358p 1y ago
    "Can?" Sure. "Would?" Google has zero incentive to do that.
    • degamad 1y ago
      And zero incentive not to.
    • pxoe 1y ago
      >can? would? They literally already do? https://f-droid.org/docs/Signing_Process/ https://f-droid.org/docs/Signing_Process/
  • imhoguy 1y ago
    The risk is Google could ban all F-Droid apps in one step, which will happen for sure.
• drumhead 1y ago
  Would be a tragedy if it did. So many interesting and useful apps there without the obnoxious ads or nagging to upgrade.
  • Animats 1y ago
    I'm entirely on F-Droid, with no Google account and no Play Store. Losing F-Droid would force me off Android.
    • janice1999 1y ago
      I'm the same. No Google account since 2012. F-Droid is an amazing community effort and has enabled me to find so many great open source applications.
    • o11c 1y ago
      Same. One thing that annoys me is that a lot of F-Droid apps are obviously naive ports with overbroad permissions like "can read the entirety of storage", but that's still better than the all-consuming Goo.
    • beeforpork 1y ago
      Same.
• beeforpork 1y ago
  Only for all the developers on F-Droid who refuse to register with Google...