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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 Googleβs Terms and Conditions
- Providing government identification
- Uploading evidence of the developerβs private signing key
- Listing all current and future application identifiers
"""
@teledyn if you happen to have a Pixel device, I'd highly recommend GrapheneOS.
I don't know if you can disable auto-updates in stock Android, but I know Google can remotely remove apps from it.
@alice I do expect they can do anything they like 'cause no matter who I paid what, it isn't MY phone, but my griping aside, what I want to block are System updates; they give me an option to _delay_, but I want similar to Linux where I can simply stop checking for updates.
Which brings up #GrapheneOS; it is said run on my Samsung S20, but (a) it is a one way trip and (b) I am not yet completely off my Google Workspace that also includes family members (all reluctant to change), so I would still be tied to Google and not sure how Graphene sits in that situation. As much as I try to use FDroid apps, there are still many I can only get via Google although perhaps there will be a Reform Movement in the pirate apk shops, trojan-free like it used to be.
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