Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading
F-Droid Forum [Unofficial]
April 14, 2026
But now you have to deal with the performance penalties that result from Material 3. Many people on SpaceBar confirmed that Material 3 is nothing more but a RAM hog, that’s why people don’t want it, because it’s Google slop that essentially bloats any application it’s on, and the only way to stop it, is to force it off of every application, F-Droid included. This is why Material 3 is not worth it, and F-Droid knows better, if anything we could just fork 1.23.X F-Droid and push that as the legitimate version to compete with 2.0. Which would inevitably divide the community.
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