[charcircuit]

>this malevolent process has exactly one goal: to block you from running software by developers who haven’t been approved centrally by Google.

This claim is made by FDroid with no evidence. They make this scary claim which goes against everything Google has claimed so far. They are a biased party, and I can't trust their opinion. I would appreciate if they shared a more in depth investigation or a way to verify there big claim.

[psd1]

Trust is not binary; we can process data with a level of confidence. We do not need either Google or F-Droid to be sanctified before we evaluate their claims.

The claim is that a repeat monopolist is doing monopolist things. Feel free to make the case for the trustworthiness of Google's opposing claim, as I don't see anyone else doing that.

[notrealyme123]

Google wrote their plans as blog posts.

[charcircuit]

But the plan doesn't include blocking developers who are not verified. You can still sideload such apps once you enable sideloading for them.