Maybe for the Singapore thing. For the play integrity thing, it applies to apps from anywhere except the play store directly. I use Aurora to install apps that say “not compatible with your device” for no reason. But a week or two ago ago, they started blocking access and saying I needed to install from the play store.
Fortunately I was able to downgrade and they kept working, but I don’t know how long that will last. At some point the server side will change the API.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 month ago
Well, but where do you get F-Droid? Or stuff like ReVanced Manager.
Or Epic’s stuff. Wasn’t Google just now sued for this shit and nobody understood why Google lost and Apple didn’t because you can easily sideload on Android.
manxu@piefed.social 1 month ago
I completely agree. Unless Google is forced to install more than one app store by default, or forced to have multiple app stores downloadable on Play Store, three is no realistic way to install a third party app store on a phone. In both cases, Google's cooperation is required.
stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
The article says it only applied to apps requesting certain permissions. I agree I’m an ideal world it would be nice to get f-droid directly from the Play store but at least according to the article the ability to install it isn’t being blocked here.
vala@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Allowing fdroid from to come from the play store is NOT a solution by any means. Users should have the right to never touch the play store or agree to googles TOS.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
one could argue that installing packages is a dangerous permission