Attention, any developers hoping to sell their apps to the world’s 3.3 billion Android phones. “Google is changing the way you install apps on your device!” warns the free and open-source Android app repository F-Droid.
And it threatens the existence of some alternative Android app stores that are used by millions of people. The New Stack spoke with Marc Prud’hommeaux, a member of the board of directors at F-Droid, who also created the website Keep Android Open. In an interview this week, Prud’hommeaux shared the latest news on how…

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