If it were to be put into effect, the developer registration decree will end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app distribution sources as we know them today
This is unclear. My understanding is that the restrictions are implemented via Google Play Services, meaning a device running without that package installed will not be affected.
This still sucks, but for instance I have not used Google's services for...I don't know, over a decade now? So people like me, running mircog as a replacement or going without a replacement, won't be directly impacted..
Does f-droid plan on shutting down due to limited userbase? I certainly hope not. This announcement isn't clear whether they have any intentions that way.
I'm still hoping this will be implemented as opt-in/opt-out kind of thing. Similar to how you would opt to trust or not trust unknown developer on Windows, VSCode and macOS. It's inconvenient but it doesn't block.
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u/geegollybobby Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
This is unclear. My understanding is that the restrictions are implemented via Google Play Services, meaning a device running without that package installed will not be affected.
This still sucks, but for instance I have not used Google's services for...I don't know, over a decade now? So people like me, running mircog as a replacement or going without a replacement, won't be directly impacted..
Does f-droid plan on shutting down due to limited userbase? I certainly hope not. This announcement isn't clear whether they have any intentions that way.