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

Google wants to make sweeping changes to sideloading on Android, and it seems very Apple-inspired. Frankly, I think it would be a disaster that makes me reconsider what phones I buy.

First and foremost, Google clarifies that it is not killing or doing away with sideloading on Android with this move. Instead ...

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

F-Droid is raising alarms over Google's recent decision to strictly limit app sideloading on Android. After 15 years on the market, the alternative app store now ...

Essentially the anti-Play Store, F-Droid is a volunteer-run catalog of free and open-source apps that are built from source, ...

Google now requires developer ID verification for new Play Store accounts, a move that the F-Droid project says could endanger its existence and user privacy.

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must be tied to a Google-verified ...

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

If you’re the type of Android user who values privacy and open-source software, you’re probably familiar with F-Droid. It’s ...

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

Google has a much-needed fix to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android. Here's what's changing and why it ...