CyberBFeb 25
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Almost 40 orgs just signed an open letter telling Google to reverse Android Developer Verification, we're one of them.

Google has not backed down and seems to have no intention of keeping Android open. Check out our newest video covering what's going on and what we can do: https://youtu.be/5MZfGq5F1NU

Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back.

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Show threadTechloreFeb 25
Get involved ASAP: https://keepandroidopen.org/
Keep Android Open

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

Show threadCyberBFeb 25
@techlore This is so messed up 🤬
Show threadjul64Feb 25
@techlore instead of begging Google, or any big tech corp, those orgs should try to create & support an independent mobile OS, just like Linux for desktop, because this will keep happening again as we've seen in the past.
Show threadohirFeb 26

@techlore They now have Agent Orange and their CEOs are rulers from behind. Why anyone is expecting them to listen to the serfs being their commodity is beyond my comprehension.

Get rid of fascism, restore justice then they "voluntarily" start to please new masters and reluctantly will abide. Until then buy Chinese MT8xxx based phone where you can break into the MT cpu and implant your own OS (or better yet ditch G spybrick and start to use a phone + pi).

$0.02

Show threadMichael T BabcockFeb 26
@techlore I don't like it, but I also have actually read what Google has said about this and its not what is being reported. People are taking this one way and Google is obviously intending it differently.
Until it is actually implemented, we won't know for sure.
Show threadzetabetaFeb 26

@techlore
combining whats happening in u.s. politics and big tech corporate sector. it starts to be scary. i don't think alphabet inc is going to back down, it is about control and power and u.s. government is part of it.

for short term maybe:
linux laptop.
ungoogled android.
basic technical phone.
mobile linux distribution.

for long term. move away from android, it starts to be lost cause. apple's devices are lost causes as well.

Show threadZoidberg For PresidentFeb 26
@techlore Already installed a degooglified os on my phone.