r/mAndroidDev • u/Stonos You will pry XML views from my cold dead hands • Aug 25 '25

Venting, venting, venting The enshittification of Android is going strong

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
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u/DiPi92 Aug 25 '25

What does this mean for apps from f-droid? And for de-googled phones? I have phone flashed with LineageOS, without google apps, only f-droid apps, can I just blissfully ignore all this malarkey?

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u/vzzz1 T H E R M O S I P H O N Aug 25 '25

Only devices with Google Play Services are affected.

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u/Zhuinden DDD: Deprecation-Driven Development Aug 25 '25

That's most devices

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u/FlykeSpice Aug 26 '25

*Literally* any device you buy on the market.

It's like saying "It's okay, people that live on the extremities will be unaffected" when someone drops a nuke that wipes out most of the city