Open source Android app store cannot exist if Google's plans go ahead, says F-Droid board member The F-Droid project, which ...

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify ...

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android.

F-Droid issued the criticism a month after Google unveiled new rules to try and prevent Android malware from circulating, including over third-party app stores. To weed out cybercriminals and scammers ...

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

F-Droid, the alternative app store for Android that exclusively distributes open-source software, warns that its survival is ...

Google is addressing doubts regarding the upcoming developer verification for Android app sideloading. More details here.

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.

The creators of the alternative app store F-Droid say that the new developer review rules would make Google the gatekeeper ...