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"""
Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google.

This registration will involve:

- Paying a fee to Google
- Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
- Providing government identification
- Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
- Listing all current and future application identifiers
"""

https://keepandroidopen.org/

#FuckGoogle #KeepAndroidOpen

Keep Android Open

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

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Burger B Burger

@alice I wrote a blog post about the current state of Android and how (I believe) Android was never destined to be open whatsoever - https://burgeronthe.net/googles-android.html

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Khleedril 18h ago

@burger @alice Android was always Google's iOS.

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Li ~ Crystal System 9h ago

@burger @alice i mean .. it has always had internal data folders with apps that you cannot modify .. it has always had to jump through a thousand hoops for root access .. and it has always been trying to close that off and restrict that more and more ..