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They said “the official version”.

As the OP said, there are FOSS hosted forges. You don’t need to self-host.

With SourceHut, other people can submit patches by e-mail, no need to create an account.

I thought Android Studio (or more specifically, the Android SDK) is required for making Android apps?

Last time I checked (which, I admit, was several years ago), it was usable for viewing normal posts, which is all the OP wants.

Just use your browser with an ad blocker activated.