• ExLisperA
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    15 hours ago

    https://keepandroidopen.org/

    Ok, technically you’re right. You can still install apps from f-droid with any Android phone for now. The issue is more that most Android uses will not perform those steps so f-droid will not be able to reach them. People that are already using f-droid and understand what’s going on are fine (for now).

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      13 hours ago

      and two years later they’re gonna announce that according to their telemetry, not enough people are perfoming all those acrobatics to make maintaining it viable, and will close it off completely.

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      15 hours ago

      I think the bigger problem is though that all this talk is leading to developers abandoning plans for android apps. Not very attractive if you never intended to sign up for the Play Store.

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      19 hours ago

      Exactly what I said.
      Authenticate, wait, unlock indefinitely and then have fun.

      Like I said. It’s only a matter of “how long” that will stay but it’s as of right now false information that it’s completely impossible to bypass it on stock android.

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      14 hours ago

      I am so confused about these changes, I thought I downloaded Jerboa through Fdroid. What does this message mean? The only option to continue using Jerboa is to root my phone?

      Is this completely unrelated?

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        14 hours ago

        I means that to continue using Jerboa you will have to do what is described in my comment (the 9 step process).