Secuso – Our Farewell from Google Play
9 months ago
- #F-Droid
- #privacy
- #Google Play
- The project started in 2016 to offer privacy-friendly alternatives to apps demanding unnecessary permissions.
- The Privacy Friendly Apps collection grew to over 30 apps with more than 350,000 installs.
- Maintaining apps on Google Play became unsustainable for the research group, leading to their departure in 2025.
- Existing installations will remain unaffected, but updates will no longer be provided via Google Play.
- Users are encouraged to switch to F-Droid for continued updates and support.
- Migration instructions are provided to help users transition smoothly while retaining their data.