Can you expand on that? I'd like to understand the kinds of things millions of people are no longer going to be able to do.
replyWell for instance the top app on fdroid is apparently "simpmusic" which would be impossible to run on an iphone because apple doesn't allow apps like it [1]... and it has 800k downloads from f-droid by itself.
replyTo be clear though android isn't stooping to Apple levels yet. You can still do anything, it just makes it obnoxious to do so.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/musi-strikes-bac...