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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.

@alice Isn't this what essentially killed Nokia? I still remember how back in the days their apps were crap, I actually wrote my own stopwatch app but never managed to publish because the whole process was too complicated (at least for me).

Edit: Of course the resistive screen was also very bad.