The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.

[tehstu@hachyderm.io]

@Alonely0 @cy8aer @fdroidorg @marcprux

I read some of those threads linked from the discuss link. This whole situation is exhausting. Multiple ways to get screwed over on multiple fronts. The layman has no chance to understand any of this.

And then, of course, you'll get a pithy "use ubuntu" reply to these threads, which is fine if you have one of the 12 old phones supported by it.

I don't know what the solution is, but if the answer is "get the apk from github and ensure you trust the dev" then essentially everyone is screwed.

[epic_null@infosec.exchange]

@fdroidorg @marcprux 200 days till lock down. That means about half a year to finish my divorce from Google and find a replacement phone.

Ironically this is the first news lately that has not made me feel horribly behind schedule.

[zetabeta@mastodon.social]

@tehstu @Alonely0 @cy8aer @fdroidorg @marcprux
even with sideloading, apk's needs to be installed using adb. using normal user interface enforces google's totalitarianism .... control.

[0x0@hachyderm.io]

@fdroidorg

Help us @postmarketOS, you're our only hope.

[elgrosskotzo@troet.cafe]

@fdroidorg @marcprux

make a new mobile os without google?

[fdroidorg@floss.social]

@Alonely0 @cy8aer Older apps were added when reproducibility wasn't achievable. For this reason today only about 22% of apps that we host are signed by their developer. This number will increase with time as we push for reproducibility at inclusion time. Also, switching from one signer to another is an annoying process that users need to take manually, for security reasons.

[ailurocrat@scicomm.xyz]

@pixelfed and please be sure to resist

[kallekn@mastodonsweden.se]

@fdroidorg @murena @gael What will this mean for Murena users?

[klaus@social.klausgesprochen.de]

RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602

Wie sieht das dann mit z. B. GrapheneOS oder /e/OS aus? Sind die damit auch aus dem Spiel?

Zumindest bei z. B. einem Fairphone mit /e/OS hätte ich die Hoffnung, dass die auch weiterhin nutzbar wären?

[dethos@s.ovalerio.net]

@fdroidorg As a big fan and user of F-Droid, I'm afraid the writing is on the wall.

As others have said, we can no longer rely on Android being what it needs to be.

A true alternative is required.

[fdroidorg@floss.social]

@kallekn @murena@mastodon.social @gael Nothing, all will work fine past September 2026. That being said, Google releases Android code less often each year so issues will creep up...

[pvtejas@mstdn.social]

@fdroidorg @marcprux

Did Google not change course with their "high friction flow"?

[scaletheory@mastodon.social]

@fdroidorg @marcprux

Who let this monopoly game go so long?

Tell me your corrupt without telling us all just how effing corrupt you are!

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@fdroidorg @marcprux What am I supposed to say they're doing that's illegal when I complain?

"Please exercise powers you don't have to do a thing I know you fully support and instead listen to me, who you don't give two fucks about. I don't even have a dollar to bribe you with."

No, seriously. What do I put in this form? I haven't a clue. There's no point if I can't even attempt to be convincing and I don't know one single thing that would convince anyone of anything here.

[fdroidorg@floss.social]

@PVTejas No one saw that flow, so until then, all their posts are PR media control.

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@fdroidorg @marcprux I guess it's relevant that I'm in the US and the "regulating agency" here is just one of Trump's goons.

[fdroidorg@floss.social]

@crazyeddie The top section has a "You, the consumer" text that you could mention to the private person, and one named "You, the state" that puts things into perspective for them as a representative of the people.

[_ryekdarkener_@mastodon.social]

@fdroidorg @marcprux

Aren ’t the government and the EU officials being contacted already?
I would prefer a way to have the opportunity to change the behaviour of what I can and what I can’t do on my phone – like a "free"-"unfree" switch to be easily used on my phone. As I won’t bet that politics is willing to to the job in the next 200 days.

[jsbilsbrough@mastodon.me.uk]

@fdroidorg hey gang, I host @crossed, would anyone from the F-Droid team like to come chat to us about this and why this fundamentally breaks the Android promise?

[fdroidorg@floss.social]

@_RyekDarkener_ It's not only about "your" phone, but of your friends and family too. Note that Google knows PR really well, people already relaxed and forgot about this, as media just repeated the Google texts verbatim.