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@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world @unfa@mastodon.social so even though we're not directly effected, we are still within the blast radius of Google's choices.
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@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world @unfa@mastodon.social except /e/OS uses the Google Play Store and F-Droid to install apps. So regardless you're still affected by Google's decision.
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@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world @unfa@mastodon.social I am also an /e/OS user. Murena's own store, the App Lounge, is just a wrapper around the Play Store and F-Droid. So if an app gets removed by Google and isn't on F-Droid then we will lose it also.
FOSS apps won't be directly effected because they're usually already on F-Droid, but if they no longer work on official Android devices, they will also see a significant drop in users, which for OSS means less contributors, fewer updates and abandoned projects.