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Goolge banning Sideloaded APKs in 2026, Year of the really Linux Phone? - biketool - 08-27-2025
https://redlib.perennialte.ch/r/linux/comments/1n19xmn/google_banning_side_loading_2026/ (Reddit scraped)
Quote:Given what Google just announced, I think that Linux phones are going to get very very popular very very soon. Does anyone here have experience moving from Android over to the pine phone? I use a lot of FOSS that Google really doesn't like and their policy changes coming in 2026 don't bode well for me. App developers on GitHub, F-droid anything not officially verified by Google or rather the developers of those apps are effectively going to be banned off of the ecosystem.
Just looking to pack a parachute.
Someone who uses Reddit should link back to this thread.
There is much misinformation, according to this thread a standard Pinephone is priced at $800 but only worth $200; the only available OS is Postmarket, and some feel the PP is a joke.
RE: Goolge banning Sideloaded APKs in 2026, Year of the really Linux Phone? - zetabeta - 08-27-2025
(Today, 05:01 AM)biketool Wrote: https://redlib.perennialte.ch/r/linux/comments/1n19xmn/google_banning_side_loading_2026/ (Reddit scraped)
Quote:Given what Google just announced, I think that Linux phones are going to get very very popular very very soon. Does anyone here have experience moving from Android over to the pine phone? I use a lot of FOSS that Google really doesn't like and their policy changes coming in 2026 don't bode well for me. App developers on GitHub, F-droid anything not officially verified by Google or rather the developers of those apps are effectively going to be banned off of the ecosystem.
Just looking to pack a parachute.
Someone who uses Reddit should link back to this thread.
There is much misinformation, according to this thread a standard Pinephone is priced at $800 but only worth $200; the only available OS is Postmarket, and some feel the PP is a joke.
it seems that original message is deleted by some weird reason. maybe automated bot.