"You, the consumer, purchased your Android device believing in Google’s promise that it was an open computing platform and that you could run whatever software you choose on it. Instead, as of September 2026, they will be non-consensually pushing an update to your operating system that irrevocably blocks this right and leaves you at the mercy of their judgement over what software you are permitted to trust."
Keep Android Open
https://keepandroidopen.org/
So I could stop updates from Google and never have to worry about this mess?
@Sector9 In principle, I guess. Except "never" is a long time.
Effectively, because this affects the app ecosystem, your Play Store apps would also not be updatable anymore. That could break functionality further down the line, not to mention security.
This isn't a matter of what individual users can do or not do for their personal convenience, though. It impacts every Android user and requires a solution to the root of the problem.
Allan Haverholm
Sector9