The world of Nostr isn't stressing out over this because we use the new Zapstore that allows developers to directly sign and release apps using the Nostr protocol.
F-Droid could release apps over the Nostr protocol, and offer their own Nostr appstore client, and bypass Google completely.
Zapstore just released version 1.0
Zapstore.dev
Marc Prud'hommeaux (npub1s3u…fcs2)
npub146…9gx8g
2026-03-09 16:37:14 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…335h
Author Public Key
npub1469vlxecd5wjuu48ksyt5xdre4tyh5rddra995t3n7grsmeja26sw9gx8gSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-03-09 16:37:14 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "82075b62b5f1d76741826997c73f24be37c751179e7a994187d43656b625fa9f",
"pubkey": "ae8acf9b386d1d2e72a7b408ba19a3cd564bd06d68fa52d1719f90386f32eab5",
"created_at": 1773074234,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"847939f723af18dddeb31e4a2a4b1027a84a7430035989febd56110318b65e8f"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://social.librem.one/@firedragon/116200193021349148",
"web"
],
[
"p",
"dac768b3fea57402e2bf4beda54edd207b366965a20978a934907514a7bfe14f"
],
[
"e",
"9e6de423c57bcc3177636b06d5bc01a1c682ac11882fb98302a5bd622ae005e5",
"",
"root",
"dac768b3fea57402e2bf4beda54edd207b366965a20978a934907514a7bfe14f"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://social.librem.one/users/firedragon/statuses/116200193021349148",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://social.librem.one/users/firedragon/statuses/116200193021349148",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "The world of Nostr isn't stressing out over this because we use the new Zapstore that allows developers to directly sign and release apps using the Nostr protocol.\n\nF-Droid could release apps over the Nostr protocol, and offer their own Nostr appstore client, and bypass Google completely.\n\nZapstore just released version 1.0\n\nZapstore.dev\n\nnostr:npub1s3unnaer4uvdmh4nre9z5jcsy75y5apsqdvcnl4a2cgsxx9kt68s37fcs2",
"sig": "9e3b60f51c682712628c9ec924b6755ca3f1a7532841e81b859984e4e59ab2c1b1fbf962448f4af242bc338ebb93134845599aadf827df774d81dab44e96c317"
}