It is already happening. E.g. soon F-Droid and any unattested open source Androi...

imhoguy 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

It is already happening. E.g. soon F-Droid and any unattested open source Android app distribution will be gone, due in Sep 2026.

Same with GitHub and similar, we have CLAs for a while now for licensing. But I see project maintainers are frustrated with AI generated slop PRs and bad actor contributions. The ecosystem will be closing. You will be able to read code, but forget creating PR without some ID verification (because this is for kids or against terrorism).

andix 17 days ago [–]

> soon F-Droid and any unattested open source Android app distribution will be gone

This is not connected to age restrictions. It might've been used as an excuse.