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Originally Posted by cfrizz
If it is, then it has no impact on me since I don't download any applications that don't come from Google Play onto my phone. Because I know that it's more than likely free of anything that can harm my phone!
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It will have an impact on me because i do use applications from third party sites For example, Termux (a Linux Terminal) is very limited on the official PlayStore. (Google's limitations.) On F-Droid and the Aurora Store, their version of Termux allows me to do what I would do on a normal Linux machine,
without rooting. This means I can run applications like Emacs and Jstar — so I can write on my Pixel with a BlueTooth keyboard. I also have Atril, so I can create PDFs and send them to myself or others via email. Hopefully this doesn't affect my older Pixel 3a "retroactively" but I don't know. I do know I won't be buying a new Android phone in the future.