this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
99 points (99.0% liked)

Technology

4281 readers
421 users here now

Which posts fit here?

Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.

Post guidelines

[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.

Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original linkPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.

Companion communities

!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip

Icon attribution | Banner attribution

If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
BrikoX@lemmy.zip
99
F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree (f-droid.org)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.zip
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When contrasted with the commercial app stores — of which the Google Play store is the most prominent — the differences are stark: they are hotbeds of spyware and scams, blatantly promoting apps that prey on their users through attempts to monetize their attention and mine their intimate information through any means necessary, including trickery and dark patterns.

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I filled out this EU DMA form and I wrote the following:

"Google unilaterally decreed that Android developers everywhere in the world are going to be required to register centrally with Google.
This further threatens access to open software and the right to install software of choice on Android devices such as smartphones. This constitutes yet another obstacle to digital sovereignty. Furthermore, it is an antitrust issue because it serves Google's aim to establish a monopoly over the Android software ecosystem.
It is of vital importance that platforms such as the F-droid store can continue to offer open software independently from the influence of Google and the USA.
Please table this matter for discussion. It is vital that the EU puts in place and enforces legislation that prevents companies like Google from harming user's ability to run software of their choosing on the devices that they own.
Please see Google's unilateral decree:
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html"

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 39 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I get a lot of value out of F-Droid, my ass is going to be very chapped if Google manages to kill it.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 hours ago

Truly. The majority of the apps I use are from f-droid, without them I might as well have a flip phone.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub -4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

~~The author seemed to struggle with their CMS, but you can get the gist.~~

Ah good, they've fixed it now. The version I saw, for reference.