← Back to context Comment by Animats 20 days ago Does this break F-Droid? 11 comments Animats Reply drumhead 20 days ago Would be a tragedy if it did. So many interesting and useful apps there without the obnoxious ads or nagging to upgrade. Animats 20 days ago I'm entirely on F-Droid, with no Google account and no Play Store. Losing F-Droid would force me off Android. janice1999 20 days 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 20 days 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 20 days ago Same. kykat 20 days ago Maybe F-Droid can sign all packages themselves? Would google let them do that? imhoguy 20 days ago The risk is Google could ban all F-Droid apps in one step, which will happen for sure. can16358p 20 days ago "Can?" Sure."Would?" Google has zero incentive to do that. pxoe 20 days ago >can? would?They literally already do? https://f-droid.org/docs/Signing_Process/ degamad 20 days ago And zero incentive not to. beeforpork 20 days ago Only for all the developers on F-Droid who refuse to register with Google...
drumhead 20 days ago Would be a tragedy if it did. So many interesting and useful apps there without the obnoxious ads or nagging to upgrade. Animats 20 days ago I'm entirely on F-Droid, with no Google account and no Play Store. Losing F-Droid would force me off Android. janice1999 20 days 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 20 days 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 20 days ago Same.
Animats 20 days ago I'm entirely on F-Droid, with no Google account and no Play Store. Losing F-Droid would force me off Android. janice1999 20 days 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 20 days 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 20 days ago Same.
janice1999 20 days 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 20 days 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.
kykat 20 days ago Maybe F-Droid can sign all packages themselves? Would google let them do that? imhoguy 20 days ago The risk is Google could ban all F-Droid apps in one step, which will happen for sure. can16358p 20 days ago "Can?" Sure."Would?" Google has zero incentive to do that. pxoe 20 days ago >can? would?They literally already do? https://f-droid.org/docs/Signing_Process/ degamad 20 days ago And zero incentive not to.
imhoguy 20 days ago The risk is Google could ban all F-Droid apps in one step, which will happen for sure.
can16358p 20 days ago "Can?" Sure."Would?" Google has zero incentive to do that. pxoe 20 days ago >can? would?They literally already do? https://f-droid.org/docs/Signing_Process/ degamad 20 days ago And zero incentive not to.
Would be a tragedy if it did. So many interesting and useful apps there without the obnoxious ads or nagging to upgrade.
I'm entirely on F-Droid, with no Google account and no Play Store. Losing F-Droid would force me off Android.
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.
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.
Same.
Maybe F-Droid can sign all packages themselves? Would google let them do that?
The risk is Google could ban all F-Droid apps in one step, which will happen for sure.
"Can?" Sure.
"Would?" Google has zero incentive to do that.
>can? would?
They literally already do? https://f-droid.org/docs/Signing_Process/
And zero incentive not to.
Only for all the developers on F-Droid who refuse to register with Google...