jystfact@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square307fedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1565arrow-down1external-linkGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comjystfact@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square307fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·22 hours agoYou distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn’t exactly rocket science. Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built. It’s just unnecessary red tape.
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoFdroid itself and every package they host will have to be signed. Maybe there are still workarounds, like enabling dev mode on your phone, but still tedious.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·21 hours ago It’s just unnecessary red tape. Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.
You distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn’t exactly rocket science.
Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built.
It’s just unnecessary red tape.
How will fdroid work
Fdroid itself and every package they host will have to be signed.
Maybe there are still workarounds, like enabling dev mode on your phone, but still tedious.
Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.