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F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026

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Re: F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026

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Post by duskdozer »

scrollop wrote: post #2

Will F-droid continue when Google bring in their changes, soon?

As of now, Google isn't destroying non-Google android installs, so F-droid will still work there (correct me if wrong). So until Google takes android fully closed or succeeds in getting popular/necessary apps to blacklist non-Google-verified devices, F-droid still has a role

Re: F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026

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Post by riedel »

scrollop wrote: post #2

Will F-droid continue when Google bring in their changes, soon?

I hope so. The changes can mean two things: people can only use it easily in custom roms (I guess there is an overlap there) or they actually would play with Google: i guess technically they could as well register and sign the stuff with a Google key as the software is all FOSS and would allow defining another responsible developer (otherwise Google would have to through out all FOSS without CLA from their playstore). I guess quitting would be an option, but IMHO the outrage outside the bubble would probably be hardly noticable, so what would be the point?

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Post by microtonal »

scrollop wrote: post #2

Will F-droid continue when Google bring in their changes, soon?

Even with Google's changes, F-Droid will continue to work with Android phones that do not use Google GMS.

If you care about your actually owning your device, install something else than stock OS. I would recommend GrapheneOS, since the security of some/most other alternatives is pretty bad.

Re: F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026

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Post by scrollop »

microtonal wrote: post #5
scrollop wrote: post #2

Will F-droid continue when Google bring in their changes, soon?

Even with Google's changes, F-Droid will continue to work with Android phones that do not use Google GMS. If you care about your actually owning your device, install something else than stock OS. I would recommend GrapheneOS, since the security of some/most other alternatives is pretty bad.

Would love to ditch google and use grapheneOS, however have so many banking and (stupid) outlook for work.

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Post by sheiyei »

scrollop wrote: post #7
microtonal wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even with Google's changes, F-Droid will continue to work with Android phones that do not use Google GMS. If you care about your actually owning your device, install something else than stock OS. I would recommend GrapheneOS, since the security of some/most other alternatives is pretty bad.

Would love to ditch google and use grapheneOS, however have so many banking and (stupid) outlook for work.

Apparently a lot of banking apps work with the sandboxed Google malwares. Not sure though, I'm not a user (wrong hardware)
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