Essentially the anti-Play Store, F-Droid is a volunteer-run catalog of free and open-source apps that are built from source, ...

Google now requires developer ID verification for new Play Store accounts, a move that the F-Droid project says could endanger its existence and user privacy.

For years, the Android document scanner space has been dominated by a frustrating choice: either pay a recurring subscription for a quality app, or settle for free options that bombard you with ads ...

F-Droid, a long running repository and third-party app store, is sounding the alarm over Google's new developer requirements.

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must be tied to a Google-verified ...

Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app ...

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android.

The F-Droid project, which distributes open source apps for Android, will end if Google goes ahead with its plans to enforce ...

Google’s proposed developer registration rules could make sideloading far more difficult and put independent app stores at risk, sparking concerns that Android is moving closer to Apple’s locked-down ...

The creators of the alternative app store F-Droid say that the new developer review rules would make Google the gatekeeper ...

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.