GR -- Sign open letter to keep allowing users to install apps on android

From	Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.vote
Subject	GR -- Sign open letter to keep allowing users to install apps on android
Date	2026-04-03 18:20 +0200
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Hello,

I have been vaguely aware that google decided to kill f-droid.

Since unfortunately at the moment mobian and similar initiatives aren't really 
viable alternatives to Android/iOS, I guess this affects most of us even if 
Debian as a project doesn't get installed on android devices.

So my proposal is for Debian to sign this, since it could add some weight
https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

Best

PS: as an aside, the security reasons google talks about are probably not the 
real reason.

In my personal experience, I've lead on some of the scammers who contacted me 
and occasionally they did ask me to install apps, but they were in the google 
play store, approved by google.
-- 
Salvo Tomaselli

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  GR -- Sign open letter to keep allowing users to install apps on android Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it> - 2026-04-03 18:20 +0200
  Re: GR -- Sign open letter to keep allowing users to install apps on  android Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2026-04-04 07:10 +0200
    Re: GR -- Sign open letter to keep allowing users to install apps on android Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it> - 2026-04-06 18:30 +0200

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