this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
566 points (99.8% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

63791 readers
399 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):

🏴‍☠️ Other communities

FUCK ADOBE!

Torrenting/P2P:

Gaming:


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn't exactly rocket science.

Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built.

It's just unnecessary red tape.

[–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago

Fdroid itself and every package they host will have to be signed.

Maybe there are still workarounds, like enabling dev mode on your phone, but still tedious.

[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago

It's just unnecessary red tape.

Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.