Open post Germán @germanfr@social.linux.pizza · 12mo ago Replying to @don_atoms@hostux.social <p>For 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.</p><p>Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.</p><p>Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.</p><p><a href="https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-</span><span class="invisible">developer-registration-decree.html</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcprux" class="u-url mention">@<span>marcprux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention">@<span>fdroidorg</span></a></span></p> @don_atoms@hostux.social @marcprux@mastodon.social @fdroidorg@floss.social We need once and for all a free platform, as Linux is for desktop. No more Android and Google.
Open post Germán @germanfr@social.linux.pizza · 8mo ago Replying to @IzzyOnDroid@floss.social <p>Google is now marking EVERY SINGLE APK at our repository as "Malware site issue". Congrats, "Safe" browsing.</p><p>Of course there is not a single malware there, everything is scanned multiple times. And I bet they excluded *.google.com from their scan or the entire PlayStore would be red by now, too…</p><p>Calling out to all of you: Please use <a href="https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_error/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">safebrowsing.google.com/safebr</span><span class="invisible">owsing/report_error/</span></a> to report the links as "safe"!</p><p><a href="https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo/com.apkupdater_52.apk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo/co</span><span class="invisible">m.apkupdater_52.apk</span></a> is the one console reports.</p><p>:boost_love: </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/serviceToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>serviceToot</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/izzyOnDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>izzyOnDroid</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fediPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediPower</span></a></p> @IzzyOnDroid I just see this screen, even on Firefox. I don't understand what Google has to do with this. Is Google hosting this page? Is Google scanning all the pages I visit even on Firefox?