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Are you really unable to comprehend just how small of a userbase F-droid represents for Android ecosystem?

by izacus 7mo ago

xigoi 7mo ago
If it’s that small, how does killing it help anything?
- IshKebab 7mo ago
  Nobody said it did. Google is not doing this to kill F-Droid.
  - xigoi 7mo ago
    Why do you think they are doing it?
    - lern_too_spel 7mo ago
      F-Droid still works the same as it did before. This just means that McDonald's can distribute its apps on its website without showing a scary warning on install on Google's Android builds.
      - xigoi 7mo ago
        No it doesn’t. You will now have to follow a lengthy process before being allowed to install apps from F-Droid.
        lern_too_spel 7mo ago
        [dead]
    - jeroenhd 7mo ago
      To stop scammer-guided malware installation, and probably those "download whatsappupdate.apk for free new emoji" ads that pop up all the time. Google doesn't care about F-Droid one way or the other. It's a niche project that barely registers on the scale of all Android users.
      - fc417fc802 7mo ago
        They don't care about F-Droid but they do care to choke out any potential competitors to their ecosystem before they can get a foothold. See their behavior surrounding device certification for example. They want to abuse the network effects of their ecosystem to prevent consumers from leaving. This is just more of that - vendor lock-in masquerading as an unfortunate necessity.
    - IshKebab 7mo ago
      To defeat scammers. Not everything is a conspiracy.
  - kuschku 7mo ago
    Google already knows whether an app is being installed from an app store, such as fdroid, or not. Just like they allow installing apps from the Play Store without the 24h verification, they should allow installing apps from F-Droid or the Epic Games Store without verification.
dr_hooo 7mo ago
Likely true, but also many technically oriented people (myself included) would turn away from Android if f-droid stopped working. And I would actively start recommending friends and family against it. What is the benefit of Android at this point? an extended Ads platform, controlled by Google.

Are you really unable to comprehend just how small of a userbase F-droid represents for Android ecosystem?

by izacus 7mo ago

Are you really unable to comprehend just how small of a userbase F-droid represents for Android ecosystem?

xigoi 7mo ago

If it’s that small, how does killing it help anything?

IshKebab 7mo ago
Nobody said it did. Google is not doing this to kill F-Droid.
- xigoi 7mo ago
  Why do you think they are doing it?
  - lern_too_spel 7mo ago
    F-Droid still works the same as it did before. This just means that McDonald's can distribute its apps on its website without showing a scary warning on install on Google's Android builds.
    - xigoi 7mo ago
      No it doesn’t. You will now have to follow a lengthy process before being allowed to install apps from F-Droid.
      - lern_too_spel 7mo ago
        [dead]
  - jeroenhd 7mo ago
    To stop scammer-guided malware installation, and probably those "download whatsappupdate.apk for free new emoji" ads that pop up all the time. Google doesn't care about F-Droid one way or the other. It's a niche project that barely registers on the scale of all Android users.
    - fc417fc802 7mo ago
      They don't care about F-Droid but they do care to choke out any potential competitors to their ecosystem before they can get a foothold. See their behavior surrounding device certification for example. They want to abuse the network effects of their ecosystem to prevent consumers from leaving. This is just more of that - vendor lock-in masquerading as an unfortunate necessity.
  - IshKebab 7mo ago
    To defeat scammers. Not everything is a conspiracy.
- kuschku 7mo ago
  Google already knows whether an app is being installed from an app store, such as fdroid, or not. Just like they allow installing apps from the Play Store without the 24h verification, they should allow installing apps from F-Droid or the Epic Games Store without verification.

dr_hooo 7mo ago

Likely true, but also many technically oriented people (myself included) would turn away from Android if f-droid stopped working. And I would actively start recommending friends and family against it. What is the benefit of Android at this point? an extended Ads platform, controlled by Google.