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How to set up F-Droid, the open-source alternative to the Google Play Store

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Browsing through an app store can be frustrating. Whenever you ...
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F-Droid: the definitive un-Play Store

Most Android devices (at least those that are decidedly not made by Huawei) come equipped with the Google Play Store. Sure, there are notable outliers, like Amazon Fire tablets, which are somewhat ...
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5 open-source apps from F-Droid that are better than their Play Store rivals

We have been conditioned to believe that the Google Play Store is the beginning and end of the Android experience. It is the default, the ubiquitous marketplace where we trade our data for convenience ...
Android Authority

F-Droid is the first third-party app store to support Android 15's app archiving feature

F-Droid is adding support for Android 15’s app archiving feature, making it the first third-party app store to support the new capability. App archiving is a feature that lets you reclaim storage ...
Android Police

F-Droid just learned a vital trick from the Play Store

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...
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F-Droid now supports automatic background updates (Free and open source Android app store)

F-Droid maintains a repository of free and open source (FOSS) Android apps, and the F-Droid client for Android devices basically functions as an alternative to the default app store on most Android ...
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Android 15 extends ‘app archiving’ to F-Droid third-party app store

Android 15 will extend the ‘app archiving’ feature to F-Droid. The popular app store is the first third-party platform to support the new capability. The Android Operating System (OS) has been ...
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F-Droid Warns Google's New Rules Could Kill Sideloading Apps On Android

Google announced policy changes that place more requirements on Android developers last month, which are supposed to make the Android ecosystem a more safe and secure platform. Some say these new ...
Android Authority

Google says 'sideloading isn't going anywhere,' F-Droid calls it fake news

Alternative app repository F-Droid has once again fired shots at Google for its new developer verification rules that threaten to kill sideloading on Android devices. The platform calls Google’s ...
Bleeping Computer

F-Droid project threatened by Google's new dev registration rules

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames ...
Ars Technica

F-Droid calls for regulators to stop Google’s crackdown on sideloading | Ars OpenForum

F-Droid sees Google's plans as a threat to FOSS apps. Post content hidden for low score. Show… Post content hidden for low score. Show… Post content hidden for low score. Show… This whole plan by ...