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Google and his Darth Vader move (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by AuroraSine@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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Peace be with you, F-Droid Community. 🌹

As many probably know, Google will block Android starting 2027.

Here is my hope: Google has shot itself in the foot with this Darth Vader move, because many People who loves privacy will now switch to de-googled systems, because ( Since to my knowledge), the blockade won't affect those systems.

So this is just my Openion and my HOPE.

What's your take on this?

And I kindly say to all developers: Please don't register in Google.

There are so many people using de-googled systems now, including myself. Please keep going for us, and four you too. Please

Best wishes from Germany 🌹

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[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

How is this going to work for the companies that have internal only apps like time clocks or schedulers. Can they pay the fee and have their apps hidden from the PlayStore or are they all fucked?

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

This isn't stopping apps from outside the Play Store, internal apps can still be distributed internally (downloading an APK from a website for example). But these apps now have to be signed by a developer verified by Google. This happens by registering on Google Play, uploading the app, giving Google all the info, and then just not publishing the app on Google Play.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Adb will continue to work

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Maybe i freaked out a bit too early. Still going to move away from Google Android personally but the business i work for is way too large to even attempt.