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5 open-source apps from F-Droid that are better than their Play Store rivals

We have been conditioned to believe that the Google Play Store is the beginning and end of the Android experience. It is the default, the ubiquitous marketplace where we trade our data for convenience ...
TechRepublic

Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google’s New Decree

Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google’s New Decree Your email has been sent New rules demand ID checks, app listings, and fees Open-source apps at risk Google cites a surge in malware from ...
Android Police

F-Droid: the definitive un-Play Store

Most Android devices (at least those that are decidedly not made by Huawei) come equipped with the Google Play Store. Sure, there are notable outliers, like Amazon Fire tablets, which are somewhat ...
Android Authority

F-Droid is the first third-party app store to support Android 15's app archiving feature

F-Droid is adding support for Android 15’s app archiving feature, making it the first third-party app store to support the new capability. App archiving is a feature that lets you reclaim storage ...
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F-Droid Slams Google for Misleading Users About Android’s App Verification

A major conflict is brewing in the Android ecosystem over the future of app distribution. Google is about to tighten the security check for installing external APKs on Android. However, the company ...
Popular Science

How to set up F-Droid, the open-source alternative to the Google Play Store

🛍️ Amazon Big Spring Sale: 100+ editor-approved deals worth buying right now 🛍️ By Justin Pot Published Dec 24, 2022 11:07 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred ...
Android Police

F-Droid just learned a vital trick from the Play Store

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...
Liliputing

F-Droid now supports automatic background updates (Free and open source Android app store)

F-Droid maintains a repository of free and open source (FOSS) Android apps, and the F-Droid client for Android devices basically functions as an alternative to the default app store on most Android ...
HotHardware

F-Droid Warns Google's New Rules Could Kill Sideloading Apps On Android

Google announced policy changes that place more requirements on Android developers last month, which are supposed to make the Android ecosystem a more safe and secure platform. Some say these new ...
Android

Android 15 extends ‘app archiving’ to F-Droid third-party app store

Android 15 will extend the ‘app archiving’ feature to F-Droid. The popular app store is the first third-party platform to support the new capability. The Android Operating System (OS) has been ...
Android Authority

Google says 'sideloading isn't going anywhere,' F-Droid calls it fake news

Alternative app repository F-Droid has once again fired shots at Google for its new developer verification rules that threaten to kill sideloading on Android devices. The platform calls Google’s ...
Ars Technica

F-Droid calls for regulators to stop Google’s crackdown on sideloading

F-Droid sees Google's plans as a threat to FOSS apps. Post content hidden for low score. Show… Post content hidden for low score. Show… Post content hidden for low score. Show… This whole plan by ...