F-Droid 2.0: FOSS Android Appstore Continues Updating Despite Google's Pending 'Developer Verification' Plan

“F-Droid, a third-party app repository that only distributes free and open-source software packages for Google’s Android mobile platform, on Thursday announced version 2.0 of its Android app,” reports The Register. Though they also note “a big banner across the top of the F-Droid site” pointing to a site describing pending changes from Google that threaten the future of F-Droid… [D]evelopers who want their apps broadly distributed outside the official Google Play Store will need to register with Google and verify their identities.