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Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid
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this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
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Right now the only decently speced phone with mainline Linux support is the Oneplus 6, and the only one I can find is being sold for $2000
There's the FairPhone 6, running e/OS, Which is a deGoogled port of android, running microG
https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/
If f-droid doesn't expect to survive I think the whole stack /e/OS relies on might eventually collapse (microg, lineage, ...).
I dunno how viable it is, but linux phones with waydroid is a thing
Also, I'd imagine that a small pocket of custom ROM amd root folks will still exist
Come hell or high water, i will retain control of my phone
Might be - on the other hand, /e/ already supports f-droid out of the box, so there may be a possibility just google play will be going away...