@RxBrad@mastodon.rxbrad.com Yes it doesn't start for a year but some developers might want to be ready for it otherwise you could forget, Others will probably suggest people to do things like move over to GrapheneOS on Pixel's as Google has no say in what they accept and don't

@RxBrad@mastodon.rxbrad.com Android is looking to remove side loading and need developers to be verified on the store.

@donhawkins@mastodon.social You don't have to host your own there's plenty of instances that are outside of the US that you can join.

The main problem at the moment that I've found is it's hard to find hosting providers for your own Fediverse instances and is hard for an average person to work […]

@donhawkins@mastodon.social Then yeah you will most likely have to self-host if you don't want servers in USA, I'm unsure of any easy to use providers that aren't based in the USA, If i can work out how to host Mastodon and other Fediverse software on a Raspberry Pi I will be trying to launch a […]

@donhawkins@mastodon.social I'm still unsure how to truly self-host but there's masto.host what is amazing to host your own Mastodon Instance for you and your friends for a monthly fee.

I would also suggest SpaceHost.one but sadly they still haven't been able to sort out there payment system yet.

Might need to advertise about funding for this as I can't really financially fund this at the moment with the print cost sadly.