Interesting. So it’s not true that new restrictions will kill F-Droid, it’s just that they have to rename the app ID for apps they sign and then they can become “verified by Google™”. It might be annoying and disruptive, but doable.
Interesting. So it’s not true that new restrictions will kill F-Droid, it’s just that they have to rename the app ID for apps they sign and then they can become “verified by Google™”. It might be annoying and disruptive, but doable.
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