F-Droid just greeted me with this: F-Droid is under attack by Google. Starting September 2026 Google locks down Android such that only Google verified developers and apps may be installed on Android.
Excerpt from https://keepandroidopen.org
This registration will involve:
Paying a fee to Google
Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
Providing government identification
Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
Listing all [...] application identifiers
w4tsn ~> :idle:
npub1v5…lnj59
2026-02-20 16:26:09 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1v5z3xvs2tdk6tj2ac2fpjx52d35yf2czng8nt92rpake7ywjgx5salnj59Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-02-20 16:26:09 UTCEvent JSON
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