We took for granted that at least our tech bubble would understand what the Google Decree means for Android, #FLOSS and freedom. Unfortunately we never saw the uproar we were expecting and people just shrugged it off taking for granted that "nothing changes".

@marcprux great #FDroid post brought the issue into the light, waking up developers, users, media and (we hope) concerned authorities to the immense danger the newly proposed gatekeeping controls Google wants to add.

1/3

Broken links aside (fix incoming), #FDroid raises the case against the #Google developer forced registration once again.

We'll skip the small talk, go read, and better yet, spread this wide and far: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html so people are made aware, actions can be taken and #Android is kept truly open!

F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...

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While this account is mainly dedicated to #Fedilab, we also build some other apps.
Currently, we are working on an app called #CastLab. We made great improvements on it. This app can be run on Android or iOS

The goal of this app is to easily cast media from your device to TV or devices supporting apps such Kodi.

CastLab will be published only on #FDroid and no Google services will be involved such a Chromecast support.

If you feel that #FDroid downloads are slow, just press ❎ to cancel the download then press Install/Update again so it picks up some other mirror.

There's no unified "F-Droid server" but several and a dozen or more mirrors.

Each time you try again it will use a different one. Hopefully the next one will have better bandwidth.

/PS: We've seen the reports, we will look into it.

Yes, #Fedilab has some differences between its Google Play version and its #FDroid version.
There are mostly due to restrictions from Google.

In the Google app we had to remove:

- Donation links
- Register an account on Mastodon (as they don't want to understand that the app doesn't collect emails).
- Filter some search results with #Peertube to exclude "YouTube Downloader" videos

To Google users, keep in mind you can easily switch to FDroid, we would be happy to help if you have questions

"F-Droid, started in 2010, still building on the same CPU" would be our anti-planned obsolescence imaginary campaign motto 😄

Jokes aside, #FDroid can't ask you to star https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/438515318 (and have its priority raised) but we can't stop you either. 😉

If you want to contribute to the translation of #FediPlan, here is the link:

https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fediplan/

More about the app: https://fedilab.app/projects/fediplan-app/

#FDroid : https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.fediplan/

We will make it available soon for iOS.

Thank you for your help

Fediplan

Fediplan is being translated into 6 languages using Weblate. Join the translation or start translating your own project.

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The last index update triggered a bug in the official #FDroid client, and Basic: you'll see a toast with "not nullable: icon" and the index won't update. We have reverted the related change and working on fixing the bug. The fix will take about two build cycles to be deployed, so about one week. You can get the latest index now by cleaning app data/reinstalling, but setup your 3-rd party repos and priorities back. Or better remove&re-add only the F-Droid repo.

Tracking: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/3054

1.23.0 - `not nullable: icon` on index update (#3054) · Issues · F-Droid / Client · GitLab

Trying to update index This is on Stable, Debug or Basic Debug. F-Droid index is NOT up to date. nightly index at...

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#FediPlan is available on #Fdroid

https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.fediplan/

Fediplan | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Schedule your messages on Mastodon/Pleroma

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jwz's app is gone from the Play store because he refuses to give them his private details.

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html

I too have abandoned Google Play Store listings for my Android apps because of their unreasonable demand not just to have my address details, but to publish them on the store.

My apps are available on F-Droid.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.artificialworlds.rabbitescape/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.artificialworlds.boxstacker/

#google #fdroid

Rabbit Escape | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Lemmings-like puzzle/action game

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To celebrate Conversations being back on the Play Store and to deny Google their 15% cut I made the app free for the next ~48 hours. 😜

If you are new here: Check out #XMPP. It's federated, provider and vendor independent instant messaging. It’s great!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

Or get it from #fdroid - That version even has address book integration and public channel discovery! 😂

Conversations (Jabber / XMPP) - Apps on Google Play

An encrypted, user friendly XMPP instant messaging client optimized for mobile

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Before me asking others here in the #fediverse for recommendations about #Fdroid #apps , I did not know about #KryptEY

https://github.com/amnesica/KryptEY

It is an #Android keyboard for secure #E2EE communication through the #signal protocol in any messenger.

GitHub - amnesica/KryptEY: Android keyboard for secure E2EE communication through the signal protocol in any messenger. Communicate securely and independent, regardless of the legal situation or whether messengers use E2EE

Android keyboard for secure E2EE communication through the signal protocol in any messenger. Communicate securely and independent, regardless of the legal situation or whether messengers use E2EE -...

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• yes (39%, 501 votes)
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