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A comment on Google's Requirement for Developers to Be Verified Threatens App Store F-Droid.

Re:Google's Requirement for Developers to Be Verified Threat... by suryajena on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @03:19PM (#45507544)
We're almost there, just about to kill off the custom ROMs/OSes. All we have to do is wait for the Android project to go closed source.
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Re:Google's Requirement for Developers to Be Verified Threat... by GeekyBear on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @03:45PM (#45507892)
They've been abandoning developer APIs only to replace them with closed source versions that are only installed as part of the Play Store for years.
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