Just found out. Apple removed the iTorrent app from an iOS alternative marketplace (EU) by revoking the developer notarization "in order to comply with government sanctions-related rules"

The Verge

Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe

iTorrent’s developer has been blocked from distributing apps on alternative iOS stores.

In the first minute of this episode, the PM Director of Android Developer Experience at Google explains the upcoming "Android developer verification" using the TSA airport security check as analogy. Using stock Android = flying Ryanair Using Zapstore on Graphene = flying a private jet

@Fountain now signing their app on @Zapstore ! 👌 View quoted note →

In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve: - Paying a fee to Google - Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions - Providing government identification - Uploading evidence of an app’s private signing key - Listing all current and future application identifiers

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Google's message that "Sideloading is Not Going Away" is clear, concise, and false

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you...

Or just publish on @Zapstore

I did not yet launch an app pack management UI, but this one by @Aida just showed up! Permissionless tech ftw 😎

Packages have the advantage of being portable, referenceable and verifiable. App stores manage catalogs of such artifacts to enable discovery, interaction and monetization. If a packaged PWA standard does not exist we should create it, and make Zapstore a runtime platform for it. View quoted note →