🚨 Say that I were to give a talk to EU policy makers and OSS communities at a very big conference tomorrow..

and that I want to spend half of my talk on how Google is locking down #Android through:
1. Device attestation
2. Developer registration
3. Age/identity verification

What should I absolutely include? 👀

Input is welcome, sorry for the short notice. Plain language + realistic calls to action pls.

@fdroidorg @GrapheneOS @postmarketOS @Fairphone @appfair @fsfe @murena @volla @IzzyOnDroid

@Gina Definitely include how it is impossible to do most common human things like "participate in a sports club", " register for fitness timeslot", "identify to government" and "see bank balance" without installing something from Google Play or Apple App. Plus you need to update those every few weeks, as many devs will cut off access to old versions within weeks, and send out incremental updates weekly.

Right now many places that are not Goog or Apple infested do that by extracting the apps. Goog is making it impossible to do that starting September, effectively forcing its way onto everyone in most countries that would like to exist.

The EU, IMO, needs to require all public services to be available without any path tying it to Google, Apple or any other specific company. With particular emphasis on not forcing reliance on foreign and/or huge companies.