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

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 ...

If you’re the type of Android user who values privacy and open-source software, you’re probably familiar with F-Droid. It’s ...

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

One of Android’s defining traits has always been freedom—the ability to install apps from anywhere, not just Google Play. But that openness may be under threat. Google’s proposed developer ...

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

Abstract: The massive increase in Internet data traffic caused by video-streaming applications has quickly raised energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2). Therefore, there is a certain ...

Google has a much-needed fix to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android. Here's what's changing and why it ...