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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by Abishek_Muthian on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:59AM (#28312746)
I agree, Even the standalone apk which can use web sockets for notifications still has Google Play Services and so the F-Droid repo should be a separate code base without GPS.

Btw it seems I had a brain fart when typing this -

>The reason why I felt there's some reason to Signal's stand on forks was because forks not standing up Them having their own F-Droid repository is to the quality standards...

The reason why I felt there's some reason to Signal's stand on forks was because forks not standing up to their quality standards...

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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by southerntofu on Thursday August 26, 2021 @08:55AM (#28314313)
> still has Google Play Services and so the F-Droid repo should be a separate code base without GPS

A simple/single F-Droid patch could be enough.. Such a simple change doesn't have to be a huge maintenance burden.

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