#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.

#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.

What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?

What does Google?

Here's #FDroid: f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloa…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...

^f-droid.org

Thanks for covering this. I'd like to suggest doing a write-up on #URnetwork, an #OpenSource decentralized VPN. Android client available on #Fdroid.

#FreeSoftware #VPN #dVPN #p2p #p2pVPN #privacy #surveillance

Annother reason to always use F-Droid when possible.

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality | @itsfoss

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#Google #Nextcloud #FDroid

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality

Nextcloud is not happy with what Google is doing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

¿Como funciona likebutter.app?

Descarga la.iso 💿 y ponla en una raspberry pi que generará un wifi de donde podras descargar apps de Fdroid, tener un chat local Matrix, mapas OSMAND y compartir el contenido de memorias USB en ambientes sin Internet y con pocos recursos energéticos. 🌍 likebutter.app/es/

fediverse.tv/w/jHcj1BajoKSZw3E…

#FDroid #GuardianProject #Matrix #Raspberrypi #lFreeSoftware

#fdroid versions aren't affected, updates disabled.

This is where #foss and #gplv3 shines: when a developer does something like this, just fork the repository and carry on.