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Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort)

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On 11/15/25 2:15 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>Marion, 2025-09-03 18:26:
>
>> In a thread discussing Google's intent to eliminate sideloading of apps
>> that are written by developers who don't sign into Google servers, I
>> mentioned to AJL the apps that I happen to sideload today on my Android.
>
>It is not "sideloading" - it is just using a different source than
>Google Play, like F-Droid for example.
>
>And this will still be possible in the future - but the apps have to be
>signed with a developer key which is known to Google and after you have
>verified your identity as developer.
>
>This will make stores like F-Droid impossible as they are now, since
>F-Droid builds the binaries on their own based on the open source
>repositories of the apps (Github, Gitlab, Codeberg etc.) but using their
>own signing key.

Apparently Google has backed down on its coming sideloading restriction a
 bit:

<https://www.theverge.com/news/819835/google-android-sideloading-experienced-users-developer-verification>

Funny thing, I'm posting using an Amazon Fire OS tablet that has the Google
 Play Store app sideloaded on it...  8-O

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What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-09-03 16:26 +0000
  Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-11-14 21:10 +0000
    Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2025-11-17 21:52 +0000
  Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-11-15 10:15 +0100
    Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-11-15 15:11 +0000
      Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:12 +0100
        Re: What apps do you typically sideload & why? (so others can learn from your effort) AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-11-16 00:12 +0000

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