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Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project (www.theregister.com)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

No? Even if you forget about AOSP, which exists and is great, F-Droid could register as a dev. It seems to be a principled stance they're taking not to.

If you're on AOSP, Google can't affect you this way. You just need a portal to find APKs.