Apk from their gitlab page

No idea. Play Store then update itself via its at store rev? Preinstalled on a ROM? Via adb?

That said, all the link refers to is a few sample permissions (which would not include F-Droid from that list) and only via certain methods being downloaded. Or they have it wrong and its "opened from".

Its still shitty, but as of now I'm not sure if there is any impact to installing F-Droid, but I can say the method of installation has complied with previous versions of googles "protections" (as in forced limitations) and that appears to continue to be true.

I wonder if it is because you added that way, rather than from f-Droid or something.

No idea. If I had a spare still running android (trying out postmarketos on a few devices) I'd like to give it a try. Maybe I'll spin up a VM.

What apps?

Certainly depends on where you live.

Unlocking a Samsung phone is trivial here.

If you can copy data over, then someone else can too. It's important to have backups. Maybe syncthing or some other home server will do nicely.

I don't think so, I actually updated it via f-droid before but resorted to sideloading the apk myself for faster updates.

I've noticed it so far for my apps: Tilla (subscription manager), ChatGPT, Poe

Censorship strikes again.

Why is it so hard to "Don't be Evil"

"Purism makes premium phones..." Haaaaaaaaa

That would mean less money, at least in the short term, but also in the long term as it grants the user the autonomy of optionality, the power to choose some of Google's edicts. Really it's about the power to shape the choices of the users in the future. Take their power away. And in the future this will be conducive to leverage this power against the user for more money.

I asked the AI about it, in case anyone is curious
https://chatgpt.com/share/68454a70-5cd8-8005-8075-3579244f0ce4

Kinda depressing that all of big-tech seems to have given up "innovating" (finding applications for publicly-funded research), and have become rent-seeking dinosaurs.

Capitalism baby

I was "required" to use duo. Okta worked fine. Might be the same in your situation, might be worth a looksee.

Not bothered if necessary Il patch every apk before installing it, one more stupid American move that will ultimately give the entire market to the Chinese.

Correction: purism sells mediocre phones for premium prices.

Depends on the manufacturer. Ideally, they're forced to allow choice, but until that happens, we can at least prefer phones that don't lock you in.

I have it on all the time in tcpip mode. I need it for file sync and remote streaming my phone with scrcpy. Especially when I use my phone as a wireless webcam.

If you would get that why wouldn’t you just get a Galaxy S2X Ultra?

I meant redmagic 10 pro plus. My bad.

As for the samsungs:

Because it's priced higher than it should be, it has a slightly lower performance chip, a much lower capacity battery, and older battery tech that will degrade faster and charges slower. The best redmagic out specs the samsungs in every way but picture quality and does it for $500 less.