Re: The Mole Zone is back

On Tue, 26 May 2026 10:23:05 +0200, Henry The Mole
<[email protected]> wrote:

>About 25 years ago I created a website that collected the best freeware 
>programs for Windows and I called it "The Mole Zone": those pages also 
>obtained a fair amount of approval on this newsgroup.
>
>Now I thought of re-proposing a similar project but dedicated 
>exclusively to open source apps for Android.

we already have https://f-droid.org/
** from that site ***
F-Droid is under threat. Google is changing the way you install apps
on your device. We need your help. https://keepandroidopen.org/

In August 2025, Google announced a new requirement: starting September
2026, every Android app developer must register centrally with Google
before their software can be installed on any device. Not just Play
Store apps: all apps. This includes apps shared between friends,
distributed through F-Droid, built by hobbyists for personal use.
Independent developers, church and community groups, and hobbyists
alike will all be frozen out of being able to develop and distribute
their software.

I'm afraid your good idea will be killed after the day you open your
site.