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Gina
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Dutch gov OSPO | Open Source | GovTech | Digital Sovereignty | IT nerd | πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡±

Advocate for open, ethical alternatives to big tech. Posting on a personal title.

One of Fosstodon's admins. Boardmember of F-Droid. Staff of Pookie and Wessie. She/her. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ&πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ ally. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‰

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Gina · 2w
Registration requires: - Paying a fee to Google - Agreeing to Google's terms and conditions - Providing a valid proof of identity - Providing proof of a personal signing key - Registering all current...
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On most privacy-focused Android operating systems (LineageOS on the Fairphone, CalyxOS, /e/OS), F-Droid is the primary app store.

As a phone-addicted nerd I will do my best to help keep Android open. Read more at keepandroidopen.org and at F-Droid.org. πŸ’ͺ

Board announcement: https://f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/board-appointments-2026.html

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Gina · 2w
In August 2025, Google announced: from September 2026, every Android app developer must register centrally with Google before their software can be installed on standard Android phones. This applies n...
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Registration requires:

- Paying a fee to Google
- Agreeing to Google's terms and conditions
- Providing a valid proof of identity
- Providing proof of a personal signing key
- Registering all current and future application IDs

F-Droid is an important link in the open Android ecosystem; an app store without Google's terms, without registration, and without costs. And extra secure, because the F-Droid team checks, rebuilds and signs all apps themselves from the source code.

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Gina · 2w
On most privacy-focused Android operating systems (LineageOS on the Fairphone, CalyxOS, /e/OS), F-Droid is the primary app store. As a phone-addicted nerd I will do my best to help keep Android open. Read more at keepandroidopen.org and at F-Droid.org. πŸ’ͺ Board announcement: https://f-droid.org/...
Gina · 2w
I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of F-Droid, the most well-known #opensource alternative to the Google Play Store. :fdroid: Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you...
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In August 2025, Google announced: from September 2026, every Android app developer must register centrally with Google before their software can be installed on standard Android phones. This applies not only to apps from the Play Store, but to all apps. Including apps shared through F-Droid and apps made by hobbyists for personal use. Independent developers (and there are quite a few!) will be locked out of publishing their software on Android. :android:

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Gina · 2w
Registration requires: - Paying a fee to Google - Agreeing to Google's terms and conditions - Providing a valid proof of identity - Providing proof of a personal signing key - Registering all current and future application IDs F-Droid is an important link in the open Android ecosystem; an app stor...
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I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of F-Droid, the most well-known #opensource alternative to the Google Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

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Gina · 2w
In August 2025, Google announced: from September 2026, every Android app developer must register centrally with Google before their software can be installed on standard Android phones. This applies not only to apps from the Play Store, but to all apps. Including apps shared through F-Droid and apps...
fedops πŸ’™πŸ’› · 2w
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Kev Quirk · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqvlhs6r6ysusx2gy8nsc3xrg9zc35ymwn9md649um4hdhmywt3rps3hynd9 that's the thing, my use case is SOOOO simple. I have no need for a CI/CD pipeline, so it would be simple to move. I'm just lazy. :-) Was just saying to nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d...