Free App Stores and Google's Developer Registration Decree

This is a cross-posting of an article I wrote for the F-Droid blog at: https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html . As well as managing the App Fair Project, I also serve on the F-Droid board of directors. For the past 15 years , F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When…