Google's new developer mandate is hitting alternative app stores hard. F-Droid says forced registration, fees, and ID checks could end the open-source project.
  • barnaclebutt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Isn’t this illegal in Europe? Was that the whole point of forcing apple to allow alternative app stores?

    • progandy@feddit.orgEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Technically, third party app stores are allowed. Developers “only” register with google to receive a developer certificate. Isn’t apple doing the same thing in response to the EU regulations and that has been allowed?