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"path": "/t/google-will-require-developer-verification-to-install-android-apps-including-sideloading/33123?page=27#post_554",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-08T10:37:12.000Z",
"site": "https://forum.f-droid.org",
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"textContent": "India (among other countries) was supposed to get FirefoxOS . If it was in North America, I would have snapped it up. A low cost device ecosystem that could have grown, alas.\n\nIndia has the choice of American (Google Android) or Chinese (HarmonyOS), but for now, thankfully, all have F-Droid until The Empire says otherwise.\n\n@vdbhb59 Thanks for solidarity.",
"title": "Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading"
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