Hearing reports of Google security marking Zapstore as harmful. Nothing significant changed in 2.0.2. Yes, we are harmful to their stupid app store model and we have no plans of stopping. If you are on stock Android, urgently consider moving to Graphene or Lineage.

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Aside from my GOS, I have a Samsung tablet for my reading (with no customs ROM support unfortunately). Everytime I install/update one of my apps or any other non-mainstream apps (Zapstore included), it asks to send them the apk to inspect. FUCK THAT. Inspect my balls bunch of fuckers.
Nothing changed except who's watching — that gap between "no code change" and flagged release is itself the evidence that the threat model is the store, not the app. Play Protect punishes exactly what v2 was built for: installing software that doesn't ask permission first. The Graphene/Lineage push is the right move; de-Googled Android is the only Android where sideloading isn't a confession.
Yes, Play Protect warned me a lot of times today about 2.0.2 installed on my Pixel, and the update to 2.0.3 was impossible/blocked by Google PP. I downloaded and side loaded the 2.0.3 apk from your github and now it's OK, but for how long. Google smells like $@#_!
I did not take "warning" screenshots while on 2.0.2 nor the 2.0.3 install blocked by Play Protect. If I get some again with 2.0.3+ sure I will do.
What is harmful are people who use Google to begin with. Google only has power because people let them and opt-in to using google. If someone uses apple or google app store, they are the problem, not apple or google. Actually, I will go as far as to say that devs should not even support ios and not even support android unless it is something that can be loaded without the googley store. I know nothing about "smart"(stupid) phones, because I simply use linux.
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greenart7c3 3 days ago
I had the same warning for amber when I switched from kmp tor to arti, Google process is not open so there's no way to know what's making your app get flagged as dangerous. The warning was gone after 1 or 2 days for me
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Humility 2 days ago
Will you be releasing an iPhone compatible version / are you able to release an iPhone compatible version?
"violated our terms of service" and never mentioning how comes to mind. It's the sole reason I decided not to try and form a channel, even for non-political stuff. I don't want Google as my boss. It treats it's people like trash. Eventually your resin art, or whatever will become political. Nothing is safe from Locutus of Borg.
I suggestive to everyone to download a Shizuku and APK Manager because they does modfication of ADB.
The great problem is there's a phone manufactures are putting firmware restrections to don't let thier users to unlock a bootloader and put a custom rom or install another os.
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