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fromTheregister
1 day ago

HSBC blocks app users for having sideloaded password manager

HSBC's UK mobile app blocks access on devices with Bitwarden installed via F‑Droid, preventing customers from using the banking app.
fromTechzine Global
3 months ago

Google's registration requirement threatens F-Droid's survival

Google announced that Android developers will now have to register. This not only involves paying a fee, but Google also requires the submission of official identity documents and the unique identifiers of all apps they want to distribute. According to F-Droid, this means that independent developers who make their software available via the platform will no longer be able to operate outside of Google.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

F-Droid says Google's new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

Allowing Google to control developer verification risks ending F-Droid and centralizing Android app distribution through data collection and developer fees.
fromTheregister
3 months ago

Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project

"The F-Droid project cannot require that developers register their apps through Google, but at the same time, we cannot 'take over' the application identifiers for the open-source apps we distribute, as that would effectively seize exclusive distribution rights to those applications," he said. "If it were to be put into effect, the developer registration decree will end the F-Droid project and other free/open source app distribution sources as we know them today," said Prud'hommeaux.
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