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Google’s Requirement For All Android Developers To Register And Be Verified Threatens To Close Down Open Source App Store F-Droid (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 week ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] numeral_paver555@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That patch is manually added. Moreover, some apps have hard binding with their id, making the situation more complicated. Kiwi is not on f-droid at all. They host their own version. It might be easier for the app authors to do it. But f-droid maintainers don't have this capacity.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

My bad, Kiwix is on IzzyOnDroid. You're right, F-Droid itself might have a tougher time.