Mastodawn

I urge all developers of #Android apps to NOT pre-emptively obey the new terms of #Google requiring you to sign up for the Android Developer Console.

It looks like Google is attempting a power grab and wants to prevent ALL installations of Android apps without official Google approval; even those installed outside Google Play.

This is an attack on both developer and user freedom and unacceptable.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

#KeepAndroidOpen #VendorLockIn #software #development #FreeSoftware

Keep Android Open

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

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Colin 🐈🌱Feb 22

@Wuzzy
How are users of open source distributions going to be affected? I use /e/os for example, without any Google services installed.

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Wuzzy

@Colin Probably not much, because they’re not Android.

If the system is completely Google-free, then Google will have a hard time to interfere.

The more people (both devs AND users) start ditching proprietary OSes, the easier it will become for all of us in the long run. 😉