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  "path": "/t/google-will-require-developer-verification-to-install-android-apps-including-sideloading/33123?page=27#post_541",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-05T00:24:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://forum.f-droid.org",
  "textContent": "That is why we need to get off the Android ecosystem and attendant apps.F-Droid is a stop gap until real alternatives, not sanctioned by the state and attendant corporate lobbyists, emerge. Europe made some positive steps with the likes of Jolla, Fairphone et al, it would be nice if North America can get as imaginative and come up with something a little more mature than the Pine64 devices. Users here bemoan a company whose products we use putting more screws to us. Are there not enough of us to move to a better self created ecosystem? Or create a Linux like system that can take a phone and install a fresh OS not tied to the Evil Empire? To bring new life to older devices even?",
  "title": "Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading"
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