Free Android app store F-Droid asks users to lobby government regulators to take action. Google says the move is needed to ...

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when offline.

Google's developer-ID decree forces gov IDs, fees, and approval for every Android app by Sept 2026. Though Google says ...

Many e-readers released in recent years support app downloads or sideloading, but do not have Google Play or Google Play Services. It will soon become more challenging to do this with a new Google ...

Sideloading Android apps is about to get quite a bit more annoying if Google has its way. The changes come from new policies implemented by Google, which will add an extra step when downloading apps ...

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Alternative app store F-Droid warns Google is misleading people when it says sideloading on Android isn't going anywhere.

Next year, Google will prohibit sideloading on Android—one of the few prominent things differentiating the Android operating system from Apple's iOS. Per the forthcoming policy, Google will ask all ...

Despite Google's claims to the contrary, F-Droid continues to accuse the company of attempting to turn Android into a walled ecosystem of government-vetted apps. F-Droid representatives ...

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