Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app ...

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android.

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

Open source Android app store cannot exist if Google's plans go ahead, says F-Droid board member The F-Droid project, which ...

F-Droid, a long running repository and third-party app store, is sounding the alarm over Google's new developer requirements.

Google says sideloading will remain on Android under new developer verification rules, but concerns persist for indie app ...

Google’s new developer ID rule may tighten Android security — or end its open-source freedom. Here’s what’s at stake.

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify ...

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.

The creators of the alternative app store F-Droid say that the new developer review rules would make Google the gatekeeper ...