F-Droid's build servers cannot compile modern Android apps because Google's Android Gradle Plugin 8.12.0 requires newer CPU instructions (SSE4.1, SSSE3) that the build farm hardware lacks. This forces developers to downgrade their build tools or disable features like baseline profiles, creating maintenance overhead and user confusion. The issue affects hundreds of apps and mirrors a similar problem from 2021.

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