Keep Android OpenWe have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
See also the complementary blog post: https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html
LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺@keepandroidopen in my own case i sended message to all EU and my country MEP to ask EU to scrutinize this and prevent it to be enacted (at minimum in EU) (if EU block it other country will follow like for GDPR).
will forward any answer received (if i happen to receive one).
DerJoshDer@keepandroidopen
For real, that might force me to revert from smartphone to good old mobile phone on next... uuhm, "upgrade".
We, as consumers, have the power to resist by just refusing to buy their stuff. I'd rather use a desktop app for Mastodon and kick Android once and for all than yielding to this. Most of my apps (by far) are from F-Droid anyway... TTBH.
That is, if that also applies to custom ROMs, as I never use the bloated org. OS anyway (choose phones for compatibility).
For real, that might force me to revert from smartphone to good old mobile phone on next... uuhm, "upgrade".
We, as consumers, have the power to resist by just refusing to buy their stuff. I'd rather use a desktop app for Mastodon and kick Android once and for all than yielding to this. Most of my apps (by far) are from F-Droid anyway... TTBH.
That is, if that also applies to custom ROMs, as I never use the bloated org. OS anyway (choose phones for compatibility).
meek cynics@captainepoch, is @husky interested in signing?
Adolph
janus_k@keepandroidopen When using the adjective "open" to describe Google's Android, we should always put quotes or question marks along with the word.
M. Doucet@keepandroidopen The letter text is quite beautiful. If this comes to pass, at least the exact right things were said on the record against it
Link@keepandroidopen Is it still possible for organizations to sign the letter?
Kevin Karhan 
@keepandroidopen where can one sign it?
Also does anyone at @BNetzA, #Bundeskartellamt, @EUCommission and other #Regulators take notes amidst #Google's #monopolization efforts???