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A comment on Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store.

Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by darig on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:39AM (#25966525)
How can I install Matrix on an android phone without using the Google Play store?
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by colllectorof on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:00AM (#25966636)
F-Droid is the best way for open source apps, but also most APKs are available outside of Play Store via websites like https://www.apkmirror.com/. It's a bit of a risk to load apps like that, though.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by swiley on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:08AM (#25966678)
It's a shame EV certs are so hard to get. APK signatures use certificates and we could use the already existing CA infrastructure to make app stores unnecessary but stuff didn't work out that way.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by cft on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:07AM (#25966670)
How do push notifications work when it's not intergated with Google Play?
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by opan on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:49AM (#25966585)
F-Droid has Element and a few other Matrix clients available.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by nolim1t on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:54AM (#25966612)
There is other clients available too.

The protocol is essentially decentralized

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by ranger207 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:48AM (#25966574)
It's on F-Droid.
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