So when this happens, can't fdroid just make a PC side installer that syncs apps to the phone through adb? Sure it sucks that you can't just tap to install now but at least people could still use their 600 dollar phones for as long as they were supposed to by plugging in every now and then when your PC fdroid client tells you there's updates. Heck on the meta quest I used adb only with the quest headset once I got it configured, it was some self hosted adb server and let me do all the sit I needed a computer for in the first place without one, maybe fdroid could change the client to use a "remote adb" solution like that?
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