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minus-squareColonel_Panic_@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoI couldn’t tell from the article, but does this impact ALL apps that do NOT go through the Google Play Store? What about 3rd party App Stores? Amazon has one, there is also the FOSS app stores like F-Droid. Are those in or out?
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·2 months agoF-Droid would likely be out because they rebuild many apps from source.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoI have a feeling that this is a retaliation for those as Epic is leading a charge against Google Play, and rightly so, not that they are an ally. I just like watching pigs fight. https://techbriefly.com/2025/08/01/epic-games-store-coming-to-google-play-after-court-win/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Google
minus-squareardi60@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·2 months agoas long as your phone have GMS preinstalled and listed under Google certification. this will affect you. So, Chinese phone without GMS is fine.
I couldn’t tell from the article, but does this impact ALL apps that do NOT go through the Google Play Store?
What about 3rd party App Stores? Amazon has one, there is also the FOSS app stores like F-Droid. Are those in or out?
F-Droid would likely be out because they rebuild many apps from source.
I have a feeling that this is a retaliation for those as Epic is leading a charge against Google Play, and rightly so, not that they are an ally. I just like watching pigs fight.
https://techbriefly.com/2025/08/01/epic-games-store-coming-to-google-play-after-court-win/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Google
as long as your phone have GMS preinstalled and listed under Google certification. this will affect you. So, Chinese phone without GMS is fine.