submitted 3 weeks ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I used the fdroid app through droidify and when I use the companion app to add a matter device it tells me to install the app.

I can only note that it requires the play store version.

Is this known, a bug or a necessary evil?

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[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

lol. in that case it's not an f-droid restriction, but that google has inserted itself into the matter protocol as a gatekeeper like they do with everything. f-droid is right to strip out all the google components from apps they distribute, and tht is one of the reasons why I prefer it over other download methods

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody said it was an F-Droid restriction.

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

true. but in my experience in such cases people too often think that this is because f-droid is too strict, has silly rules, something along those lines, and blame it for the bad apps.

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