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

CNET spoke with Google's Sameer Samat and Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian about why they're combining a phone and laptop OS and how they'll do it.

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 ...

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

Google plans new rules for Android developers who could also threaten alternative app stores such as F-Droid. The open source ...

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

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.