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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.

Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago
@alice So much for "don't be Evil!" (yes, yes, long gone).
Show threadThe Great Llama 11h ago
@ai6yr @alice
"Look, we did the math and evil paid better." - Google, probably
Show threadMakoto
@TheGreatLlama @ai6yr @alice not even evil in the "I'm gonna kill a lot of people and steal stuff to establish my view of a perfect world" sense but rather the "I don't care about losses as long as I get even more money" way that absolutely deserves no respect
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Show threadThe Great Llama 6h ago
@alchemicacht @ai6yr @alice
Less "the banality of evil," and more "the VENALITY of evil."