Google's new developer mandate is hitting alternative app stores hard. F-Droid says forced registration, fees, and ID checks could end the open-source project.
we need banking, government apps, all sort of garbage that won’t be allowed with a ten foot pole on these. rooted androids are barely allowed as it is.
i don’t think niche devices can save us though.
we need banking, government apps, all sort of garbage that won’t be allowed with a ten foot pole on these. rooted androids are barely allowed as it is.
Sure; but we won’t close that gap immediately. Intermediate progress can be helpful for further progress.
sure, i just think linux phones are still a ways out. i say that as a linux nerd.
and they won’t be available in my country for a while i bet.