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F-Droid app store thumbs its nose at Google's dev crackdown
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The Chocolate Factory is tightening the screws on Android sideloading, but the FOSS app market is rolling out a huge overhaul and planning for the future.
Key facts
- Additionally, F-Droid 2.0 can fetch and install app updates automatically, which it now does by default
- F-Droid 2.0, in the meantime, will be rolling out in the coming weeks — It is sad to see that happen to a platform that the reporter helped build, being involved since 2008
- The team also credited the EU’s many Digital Markets Act decisions against Google for making the installation experience smoother for users
Summary
Undeterred by a looming Google policy change that could effectively destroy it, open-source Android app store F-Droid has released its largest upgrade in a decade. F-Droid, a third-party app repository that only distributes free and open-source software packages for Google’s Android mobile platform, on Thursday announced version 2.0 of its Android app. “For more than a decade, F-Droid has helped people discover and install free and open source Android apps,” the team said in its announcement. As mentioned, the F-Droid interface was overhauled to bring it in line with the platform’s current Material Design paradigm.