Post #3520802

2026-07-01 22:19 UTC

More than 200k users said NO! More than 70 organisations signed a letter saying NO! #FDroid wrote posts on why NOT! We've talked with you and your representatives, around the world. We've made the #KeepAndroidOpen website to explain it. If you read the #Android tech news, you saw it. If you use a search engine, you found it. If you've asked their own #Gemini, you got the summary. But who didn't see, hear or read anything from above? Yes, #Google For your saftety? https://f-droid.org/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

Replies (9)

@Linux@mastodon.com.pl 2026-07-02 01:19

@fdroidorg@floss.social The problem is both the money and the government want it, and so it will happen. Someone should hard fork Android, or work hard on developing a Linux OS that can support many mobile devices. Because whether we like it or not, Google will be closing Android.

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@skyblitz@kanoa.de 2026-07-01 22:38

@fdroidorg@floss.social and yet again regulator proved their absolute uselessness.

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@htpcnz@mastodon.social 2026-07-01 22:56

@fdroidorg@floss.social leverage against Google goes out the door when everyone openly support what Apple does under the same disguise. This is a fight that was lost when everyone jumped head first when walled garden for phones was accepted as the best solution for the industry now almost 20 years ago. Kind of saying it is bad because Google also wants to do it now while allowing Apple to do the same is basically hypocrisy even though Google are hypocrites themselves for marketing it as as advantage before.

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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz 2026-07-01 23:52

@fdroidorg@floss.social this is why my new phone will use sailfish os after happily using lineageos for nearly ten years

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@RickD_Card@socialbc.ca 2026-07-02 03:18

@fdroidorg@floss.social Why fight Google? It just wastes my energy. I have a Linux phone from Jolla coming; that's my solution. No energy required for fighting. Make them irrelevant.

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@DekOfTheYautja@social.vivaldi.net 2026-07-02 04:34

@fdroidorg@floss.social I feel like there should be some mention of "iceblock" in here to demonstrate how dangerous it is for a company to control what apps you're allowed to have, who is also actively colluding with a tyrannical government to stifle free speech.

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@hlrx@social.sneak.ovh 2026-07-02 05:52

@fdroidorg@floss.social maybe 2026 will be the year of @jolla@techhub.social with #SailfishOS? They are launching their new 'Jolla Phone' with SailfishOS 5.2 on June 8th! ⏳

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@ambiguous_yelp@veganism.social 2026-07-02 10:30

@fdroidorg@floss.social Please include the onion link in your post http://fdroidorg6cooksyluodepej4erfctzk7rrjpjbbr6wx24jh3lqyfwyd.onion/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html.en If this is the official f-droid floss.social account then I know you care about tor onion servers because the official fdroid website has an onion link Tor onion links provide greater anonymity to tor users than simply accessing the clearweb site through tor And the more people use tor and tor onion addresses for uncontroversial browsing the easier it becomes for people to hide in the traffic when it can be a matter of life or death what websites you are accessing #Tor #Censorship #FDroid #Privacy #Anonymity

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@fdroidorg@floss.social 2026-07-06 16:03

Now translated in #Romanian #Deutsch #Indonesia #Portuges_BR 👍️

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