F-Droid calls Google’s Android Developer Verification “malware,” saying it increases Google’s control over app installs.

The F-Droid project, which distributes open source apps for Android, will end if Google goes ahead with its plans to enforce developer registration for app installation, according to the project's ...

You may have seen recently that Google has issued a new decree requiring all Android developers, even if they don’t publish their apps on the Play Store, to register centrally with Google. This ...

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 that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to ...