In a blog post, F-Droid staff say that Google’s plan to force devs outside Google Play to register with the company threatens to kill alternative app stores like F-Droid.
Hey alphabet/google STOP BEING EVIL
Obligatory FUCK GOOGLE for good measure.
I mean, it kind of sounds like it’s time to start looking for alternatives to Android. Linux phones work well enough, but there isn’t a good reason to migrate right now, and the app library for Android is more mature. If the app library is cut off at the knees, then there’s a reason to migrate.
Consider joining the linux phones matrix groups folks! They could really use your help!
As far as the app library thing is concerned, I think that depends on the distro and if there are special requirements for the apps it runs. However, if it can just simply run Linux packages with a touchscreen interface, then I already mostly migrated to multiplatform foss apps that I can export my settings to.
However I really don’t want to buy a new phone anytime soon. I was planning for this one to last me atleast 5 years.
my next phone is gonna be a linux phone regardless of any downsides, im sick of this shit
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