Last month, “Google unilaterally decreed that Android developers everywhere in the world are going to be required to register centrally with Google.”

F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html @fdroid

PC Mag: F-Droid Warns Google’s New Rules Could Kill Third-Party Android App Stores https://www.pcmag.com/news/f-droid-warns-googles-new-rules-could-kill-third-party-android-app-stores @PCMag #Google #Android

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      Oh boy, my friend, do I have the perfect product for you. They make this thing called a laptop that takes the usefulness of a desktop and makes it so that it fits in your lap. Can you believe it?

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        Well, you convinced me. I’m going to get rid of my lightweight handheld computer that can also make phone calls so I can carry around a laptop that by default will not make a phone call.

        LMAO

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          I don’t know much about the Linux phone scene, but I’m taking a look at Ubuntu Touch again.

          I think they offer a way of virtualizing it, so I might do that to try it out since I’ve never played with it before.