nixCraft 🐧Oct 29
The website “Keep Android Open” is an initiative to protest and advocate against a new policy by Google which bans sideloading apps. The goal is to pressure Google to reverse or modify this policy to protect the open nature of the Android platform and the ability to sideload or use 3rd party app stores without excessive restrictions https://keepandroidopen.org
Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Keep Android Open
Show threadRastalOct 29

@nixCraft This is a good idea BUT

Alternatives exist like #lineageos #grapheneos and a bunch of others that will allow you to actually own your device and it's data, that will allow you to sideload apps until your heart is content, that will empower you to screw Google.

If you continue to not be able to sideload because of #Google, use that as motivation to explore these #opensource alternatives. #SetYourselfFree

Show threadDanOct 29
@Rastal @nixCraft The main problem is that many government and bank apps don't work unless it's on Google (the reason why I need two phones, one GrapheneOS and one Google).
Show threadDavid S
@judicandus @Rastal @nixCraft this point is lost on many advocates of the other OSes
Oct 29 at 11:57amWeb