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Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 11 months ago* by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Keep Android Open

In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google.

This registration will involve:

  • Paying a fee to Google
  • Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
  • Providing government identification
  • Uploading evidence of an app’s private signing key
  • Listing all current and future application identifiers

Sign the open letter. And get active to help oppose the enactment of the policy in other ways listed on the website. Are there any more ways to oppose this?

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Your phone is about to stop being yours (105 days until lockdown) - Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
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Your phone is about to stop being yours (105 days until lockdown) - Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
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Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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Your phone is about to stop being yours. (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.today
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Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

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Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign… (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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what we doin rule (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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might have to switch entirely to sidelaoding.issue is banking apps

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How does Google's "Android Lockdown" work? (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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as an android user, will i still get affected even if i use an older version of google play services?

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Your Google Android device is about to stop being yours (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/46445602

Is this still going to happen? What can we do?

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Your Google Android device is about to stop being yours (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/foss@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/46445602

Is this still going to happen? What can we do?

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Your Google Android device is about to stop being yours (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/opensource@programming.dev
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Is this still going to happen? What can we do?

Edit: Complain to your competent authorities here: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers