Mastodawn

Not sure where #Google asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with #FLOSS devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their #Android users

#FDroid did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person

They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"

@marcprux has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to #keepandroidopen

Click: 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...

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Idaho Feb 25

@fdroidorg @marcprux Didn't google announce that they'll still allow unsigned apps but you'd have to jump through some more hoops to do so?

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DFX4509B (Joshua Mason)

@fdroidorg @Idaho @marcprux That 'Advanced Flow' has the same energy as Google pulling the plug on WEI after everyone rightfully lashed out over it; they don't really want to let people run unverified apps on Android, and they probably still want to implement WEI at some point.