‼️ This is sadly very important ‼️
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RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️@davx5app@fosstodon.org @fdroidorg@floss.social A small suggestion: We should not be using their propaganda term. We're not "side-loading" anything, we're installing programs on our own hardware. Calling it side loading plays into their narrative that we're doing something we shouldn't with our devices. It makes our battle harder, because the average non-techy user will hear side-loading and think it's something subversive and ignore us as we try to convince them this is a bad thing for Google to block.
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@davx5app@fosstodon.org @fdroidorg@floss.social A small suggestion: We should not be using their propaganda term. We're not "side-loading" anything, we're installing programs on our own hardware. Calling it side loading plays into their narrative that we're doing something we shouldn't with our devices. It makes our battle harder, because the average non-techy user will hear side-loading and think it's something subversive and ignore us as we try to convince them this is a bad thing for Google to block.
@deathkitten @fdroidorg true. I changed it to "install" (only possible in this post however)
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RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️@davx5app @fdroidorg me when this truly happens
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@davx5app @fdroidorg me when this truly happens
@mcbaumwolle @davx5app Don't cry, contact your representative!
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RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️@davx5app @fdroidorg
Since I‘m using /e/ operating system with my cell phone, I sincerly hope not to be harrased by #google.
May be you think it‘s worthwhile to have a look…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system) -
RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️Google cannot be trusted. Time to move all resources to a true open source platform. I hate it has come to this.
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@davx5app @fdroidorg
Since I‘m using /e/ operating system with my cell phone, I sincerly hope not to be harrased by #google.
May be you think it‘s worthwhile to have a look…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system)@hauswirtschaft_info @davx5app @fdroidorg
@murena
I have just reactivated my /e/os and downloaded the privacy applications such as my bank, health assurance...
Every thing seems working fine I just Hope they will not cancel also aurorastore -
RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️@davx5app @fdroidorg change.org? lol no thanks
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RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️NO. I'm not signing a petition.
I don't trust a word google says.
I'd rather change my phone OS - if it means new hardware then so be it -
RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
️ This is sadly very important ️ Please share and be aware of that – in the worst case – you will NO LONGER be able to install apps from individuals/organizations like @fdroidorg f-droid if they are not an Google-approved publisher/developer!
Also sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
️ This could already happen this year in Sept. 2026 ️@davx5app @fdroidorg
Just use a different OS, e.g. LineageOS. It's Android without Google, and all FDroid apps will work. Basically, when Apple invented IPhone, Google took Linux and turned it into a spytool (that you appera to be using) and called it Android. It's open source. Smart people removed the spyware for their own phones, decompile it, put it on their phones et voilá they worked but without Google components. These guys published their work. It's yours for the download. LineageOS.org -
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