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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by morsch on Saturday January 30, 2021 @08:44AM (#25968992)
Is that something I can do to my phone to make updates via F-Droid more seamless?
Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by exikyut on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:13PM (#25975850)
Sadly no. I actually went full-on "wait a minute...!" a few weeks ago when I discovered this, but practically speaking, nobody's going to do it ("what, factory reset my phone?! hahaha NO"), and so implementing the necessary support would ultimately be a giant burden.

Technically 100% possible, but practically never going to happen.

If someone were willing to write and maintain the necessary plumbing and then poked F-Droid, it would be interesting to see if they cooperated, but they may well be reluctant to.