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Google's new rules could wipe out sideloading and alternative app stores, F-Droid warns (www.androidauthority.com)

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Google’s new developer registration requirements could make it impossible for independent Android app stores like F-Droid to survive, the group behind the open-source repository has warned in a new blog post

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Probably not, because you can still publish on alternative app stores. Just not in the way that F-Droid wants it to work - where they build the app from source for you.