Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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We're starting a sprint to look at all the issues preventing #ReproducibleBuilds in all the apps we ship. Most of the issues are simple fixes in the upstream code, like unsorted outputs or timestamps included in the build.
You can help make the #FreeSoftware #Android ecosystem be more reproducible! See the failures here and help us report them upstream: https://verification.f-droid.org/failed.html
Hans-Christoph Steiner
boosted
We wrote a blog post about trust and how to have a verified installation of our client.
One such source for the client could be our CLI tool, that recently got the ability to download the F-Droid.apk.
Read more at
https://f-droid.org/2024/12/11/verified-first-time-installs.html
Hans-Christoph Steiner
boosted
This week in #FDroid (TWIF):
- european-alternatives.eu lists software and apps that come from the EU, some of them are regular guests in our TWIF
- we found a YouTube video about apps that are NOT on a centralized app store
- aTox and UniPatcher were updated again after a long hiatus
- Kodi fixed many bugs
- OsmAnd~ has a lot of new features
- Status, VLC and Zulip were also updated (and 111 more apps)
- MRT Buffy is new and helps you commute in Dhaka
Read more at https://f-droid.org/2024/11/21/twif.html
This is the example of the kind of feature that the #DigitalMarketsAct is driving #Google to implement. It could have been implemented long ago, but there was no pressure for Google to do so. Notice how they implemented it in #PlayServices, not Android. Apps that implement this are then tied to Google's proprietary stuff. That's their way of maintaining control of the ecosystem. https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/21/24302562/android-restore-credentials-transfer-restore-key
Hans-Christoph Steiner
boosted
Happy 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom Incident, to those who celebrate.
I would love to see an analysis of the power dynamics of how all the browser companies are working together on the #Chromium code base. Of course, #Google has an oversized influence, both because #Chrome is dominant but also because Chromium is a Google project. I can't imagine #Microsoft is a pushover there. #Brave, #Opera and #Vivaldi probably have much less sway, but could join together. Are there useful avenues for #Firefox resources to have more impact in the Chromium ecosystem?
Joined Aug 2019
