SimonFeb 24
Keep Android Open
We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
Feb 24 at 2:14pmWeb
Show threadKeep Android OpenFeb 24
See also the complementary blog post: https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html
An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

As we wrote about back in September in F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree, Google plans to enforce mandatory developer registration as a requ...

Show threadDerJoshDerFeb 24
@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).
Show threadmeek cynicsFeb 25
@captainepoch, is @husky interested in signing?
Show threadAdolphFeb 26
@cnx @husky @keepandroidopen It is, I'll take a look, thanks!
Show threadjanus_kFeb 25
@keepandroidopen When using the adjective "open" to describe Google's Android, we should always put quotes or question marks along with the word.
Show threadM. DoucetMar 5
@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
Show threadLinkMar 5
@keepandroidopen Is it still possible for organizations to sign the letter?
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 6

@keepandroidopen where can one sign it?

Also does anyone at @BNetzA, #Bundeskartellamt, @EUCommission and other #Regulators take notes amidst #Google's #monopolization efforts???

Show threadMARFELALA2d ago

@keepandroidopen
Moin.
Hier ist ein PetitionsLink,
gegen die Google-Digital-Diktatur:

https://keepandroidopen.org/de/

Hoffentlich bekommen wir schnell
und viele Unterzeichnungen
zusammen, damit Google & Co.
endlich das Handwerk gelegt bekommen.

Ich habe auch schon beim
EU_DigitalServicesAct
entsprechend Beschwerde eingereicht,
das Verfahren läuft unter
HT.100582
und darf gerne publiziert werden,
um mehr Druck ausüben zu können.
VLG

Keep Android Open

Befürwortung von Android als kostenlose und offene Plattform für jeden, um Apps zu entwickeln.