Torsten Grote

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#FreeSoftware activist interested in topics of technology-enabled social and political change. Email + XMPP: t at grobox dot de Blog: https://blog.grobox.de/ Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/grote pronouns: he/him

Torsten Grote 3 months ago

"Google is supposed to begin distributing third-party app stores inside the Play Store and mirror Play Store content in other stores."

Ars Technica

Play Store changes coming this month as SCOTUS declines to freeze antitrust remedies

The first app store changes are due in a few weeks, with the major changes coming next summer.

Should @F-Droid be added to Google Play?

Torsten Grote 4 months ago

Google won't allow you to install Android apps whose developers' identity Google hasn't verified. Starting in 2026 in some countries and in 2027 everywhere:

Android Authority

Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the Play Store.

Torsten Grote 5 months ago

Check out my progress on the new @F-Droid app and let me know what you think of this early prototype. Thanks to @NLnet and @NGI Zero open source funding for supporting this work!

NGI Mobifree funds client app overhaul | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

The F-Droid app was created in 2009 in the early days of Android and lots of its code is still that old. While the ecosystem has seen many drastic ...

#fdroid

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