Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year

Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by whimsicalism on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @05:48PM (#43851068)

Presumably F-Droid is subject to the same regulatory requirements, so in this case it is directly the regulation to blame.

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Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by iAMkenough on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @05:53PM (#43851115)

F-Droid isn’t in the same business, and doesn’t sell apps, so it’s not subject to the same regulatory requirements.

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Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by o11c on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:05PM (#43851685)

F-Droid has apps with the "ads" anti-feature, so this probably applies to them.

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Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by iAMkenough on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:47AM (#43856987)

I think it’d apply to the app owner. F-Droid isn’t in the advertising business either, doesn’t get any revenue.

That feature flag just changes what is allowed to appear in search results.

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Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by whimsicalism on Thursday May 01, 2025 @12:21PM (#43859816)

The DSA applies to

> all online intermediaries and platforms operating within the EU

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Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by phatfish on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @06:10PM (#43851272)

Yawn.

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