Is Android kill?

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Is Android kill? Anonymous 26-08-25 06:09:12 No.30977

First they made AOSP private, now they won't even let you install your own apps. Is this the end of Android?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

Anonymous 26-08-25 06:12:48 No.30978

so this is the death of f-droid?

Anonymous 26-08-25 06:16:06 No.30979

Pretty much, no excuses not to switch to a pinephone or something.

Anonymous 26-08-25 06:33:46 No.30980

>>30978
F-Droid compiles all the apps from source so if they register for this they are probably fine. For now.

Anonymous 26-08-25 06:46:40 No.30981

>>30980
I mean since F-Droid builds software from source and sign it with their own keys, I assume they count as a single developer that can be registered. But if Google wants the actual developer, the person who wrote the software, to register, I don't know how that would work.

Anonymous 27-08-25 16:04:26 No.30996

>>30981
if f-droid is using their own set of keys to sign your app, then google would have to revoke them explicitly through TOS violation, they can't technically enforce this policy as stated, I imagine they're just going to stop execution of unsigned apps through safety net, sort of how iOS does it

Anonymous 27-08-25 16:17:33 No.31001

>>30980
>>30981
Google can require F-droid to take down apps they don't like (i.e. alternative front ends, adblockers, etc)

Anonymous 28-08-25 15:45:14 No.31051

Linux phones need investment, so, thanks Google.

Glownonymous 28-08-25 15:48:59 No.31052

like this wont get broken in like a week lol

>>30979
>no excuses not to switch to a pinephone
^ not a serious person

Anonymous 28-08-25 17:51:20 No.31054

it's also the exact same thing apple did and the eu outlawed it so they allowed side-loading again,so I assume even if it does happen the european parliament will say the playstore is a "monopoly" (consumer rights is the only good thing about the EU tbh)

Anonymous 29-08-25 17:02:53 No.31089

I'm assuming sideloading through adb will still be possible?

Anonymous 29-08-25 17:10:07 No.31090

Isn't Android OS? This can just be patched I assume? Like in a custom ROM I mean.

Glownonymous 29-08-25 17:14:09 No.31091

>>31090
this is being done through google play services so no

Anonymous 29-08-25 17:18:16 No.31092

>>31089
there's no info yet on how it's going to be implemented so if i had to guess they're probably going to verify app signature when executing an app through play services' safety net

Anonymous 29-08-25 17:25:40 No.31093

>>31090
Officially you can only call it Android if Google approves of it, it's for device manufactures and your device has to pass certain requirements and I assume pay some money, and then they give you the Google Play Services and all that crap and then you have Android. The open source version is called AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and it does not have the Play services and stuff, and most likely won't have this either.

Anonymous 03-09-25 02:44:27 No.31158

I'm curious about how Obtanium will work since it uses git links to build packages.

Anonymous 29-09-25 15:25:58 No.31425

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>>30980
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
tl;dr: f-droid is kill

Anonymous 11-10-25 20:36:58 No.31519

>>31158
huh? i use obtainium for one specific app. afaik, it only downloads the release files from github, it never builds anything from source.
if the dev uploaded the signed apk to github releases, it will still work. if they didn't do that or it's files straight out of a build pipeline it won't (unless you're using android without google play services)…

Anonymous 11-10-25 20:47:24 No.31520

>>31519
>unless you're using android without google play services)…
Oh so this a GAPPS thing, not android itself?

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