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[-] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Yeah this is where I'm at too, there is no reason these device makers should be locking us out of doing what we want with our phones. Their app store can exist along side other install options and compete on usability instead of monopoly.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

Yep. I don't need Google to let me install apks freely and I don't need them to host everything on the Play store with zero supervision.

But I do need F-Droid to keep working and to be able to install software that Google has zero visibility on, or a way to unlock my device to be able to sideload stuff. There is zero reasonable argument to say that Google is the only valid arbiter of signed software on the planet.

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