No one said it would be shut down, the thing all these clickbait articles leave out of the headline is “as we know it”, which means it will change significantly.
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GrantsGhost@piefed.zip 5 weeks agoF-Droid is a staple of the FOSS community and it will effectively be shut down due to these changes.
artyom@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Could the EFF or individuals sponsor apps from devs who refuse to identify to Big Goog?
Dev sends EFF the source code,
EFF registers with Google,
EFF submits the app,
Everybody’s happy except a number of people for obvious reasons but at least the app’s verified
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
That sounds like just changing who is verifying the developer. Whether it’s the EFF (because they aren’t going to put their name and reputation at risk for unreviewed source code) or google, the issue is the same.
Someone has to be the middle man in deciding what is allowed to be installed.