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Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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Plus Windows already tried blocking sideloading with S Mode. What's stopping them from permanently enacting that for the Home SKU at some point down the road given their recent track record of implementing unpopular things regardless of public outcry?
Also, what's stopping Google from just completely rewriting Android as a Windows-style closed-source OS that they have complete control over at some point?
Regarding Google, looks like it's in the pipe yes, Fushia is non-GPL (permissive licenses, so no redistribution clause in case of a sudden licensing switch).
I thought Fuchsia was proprietary.