Zapstore

In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve: - Paying a fee to Google - Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions - Providing government identification - Uploading evidence of an app’s private signing key - Listing all current and future application identifiers https://keepandroidopen.org/

Google's message that "Sideloading is Not Going Away" is clear, concise, and false https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-uK9hK4DTAI Or just publish on nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8

I did not yet launch an app pack management UI, but this one by nostr:npub1ajdaw3j4g6aqv86alhn3df8jpulj0mxz3jjgwpm4uh598hc348gqthdt20 just showed up! Permissionless tech ftw 😎

Packages have the advantage of being portable, referenceable and verifiable. App stores manage catalogs of such artifacts to enable discovery, interaction and monetization. If a packaged PWA standard does not exist we should create it, and make Zapstore a runtime platform for it. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqun2rcnpe3j8ge6ws2z789gm8wcnn056wu734n6fmjrgmwrp58q3qqszm38qd5c3yvxs2j8ru3jwry35jpufcnrjfukpgxwkkm45u8mwpag8vmf7u

Thoughts on this copy? More clear?

Shout out to nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg who are Nostr signing their releases! Signer is nostr:npub1kzgfpqgpe3jf3zfuclc56azae6st92mggtxyk5f9z4jr6fe2xawq8vylue Available on Zapstore: https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qvzqqqr7pvpzpvysjzqsrnrynzyne3l3f469mn4qk24ksskvfdgj29ty85nj5d6uqqfxuet59ec8y6tdv9kzuctwv3ex76tyudunaw nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqy36ltnarpa6xmtdmnvhm062e3v6allzg0mcykf0lre9a4temucxqyvhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ycmgv43kktndv5hhyetvv9uszxthwden5te0wpex2mtfw4kjuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcqyrkee47d8ftmuyaq60gdt9m2slpmhnp2wdq86p8v2aj2fag7f65ysp0cvyz

Good to hear that alternative app stores are getting funded. Zapstore should also grow to have a much larger impact, whatever it takes. We need more of this in the world. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpdne2xpf5h0dyurq377klv475vy898d30y37zvlslmz4fuw29dkgqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qqsvq0rnsg4vrfzlrv3eg9j82rh9rjheczlkl7jzstawechmggg2hjchz3zu6