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  1. Sensitive permissions aren't a Console checkbox. They're the line between using #Android and renting it.

    Play can ban a feature the OS already guards with runtime consent. Call Log was the warning. Contacts is the 2026 sequel. Developer verification goes further: an identity checkpoint even for installs outside Play.

    FOSS only stays free if we can still ship it. @fdroidorg. #Obtainium. @IzzyOnDroidOrg. Direct.

    New on DEV: dev.to/tkuenneth/dealing-with-

    #Android #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty

  2. Sensitive permissions aren't a Console checkbox. They're the line between using #Android and renting it.

    Play can ban a feature the OS already guards with runtime consent. Call Log was the warning. Contacts is the 2026 sequel. Developer verification goes further: an identity checkpoint even for installs outside Play.

    FOSS only stays free if we can still ship it. @fdroidorg. #Obtainium. @IzzyOnDroidOrg. Direct.

    New on DEV: dev.to/tkuenneth/dealing-with-

    #Android #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty

  3. Be nice is now on Google Play, @IzzyOnDroidOrg, and #Obtainium.

    Play for the store. IzzyOnDroid for the FOSS repo. Obtainium if you want the Codeberg APK the moment it ships.

    benice.tkuenneth.dev/

    Thanks @lehtimaeki

    #Android #FOSS

  4. What's going on with Firefox Beta on Android? Tonight my Fenix installed through Obtainium on my de-googled Graphene OS did an update, and since then I cannot open it anymore. The crash log contains an ominous:

    Caused by: com.google.android.play.core.review.ReviewException: -1: Review Error(-1): The Play Store app is either not installed or not the official version. (developer.android.com/referenc)

    It seems caused by the PlayStoreReviewPromptController which occasionally asks you to rate Firefox Beta on the Google Play Store.

    Is it just me? I filed a bug report.

    #mozilla #firefox #google #degoogle #obtainium #neostore #fdroid #grapheneos #android #aosp #playstore #bug #ads #enshittification

  5. Installing FOSS apps on your phone sometimes certainly feels like an eternal XKCD 927 purgatory.

    - Apps by GrapheneOS for some GrapheneOS apps (and assorted
    ✨other✨ apps.
    - Obtainium for installing apps directly from source/repos.
    - Neo Store for installing apps who cannot be arsed to have
    .apk files in their repos (#AntennaPod), yet without dealing with the typical F-Droid shenanigans.
    - Accrescent, because hell, why not! The more, the merrier!
    - And, of course, Google Play Store for the corporate goblins.

    #FOSS #GrapheneOS #Obtainium #NeoStore #FDroid #Accrescent #GooglePlayStore #XKCD #XKCD927