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minus-squareWalnutLum@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoThey said they can’t do that in the article: but at the same time, we cannot ‘take over’ the application identifiers for the open-source apps we distribute, as that would effectively seize exclusive distribution rights to those applications
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-216 hours agoThey would need to modify the ID then. OSMand, e.g. has different IDs in PlayStore and F-Droid (+ vs. ~ suffix). Edit: It’s the names that are different, the IDs are the same.
They said they can’t do that in the article:
They would need to modify the ID then.
OSMand, e.g. has different IDs in PlayStore and F-Droid (+vs.~suffix).Edit: It’s the names that are different, the IDs are the same.