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Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/opensource@programming.dev

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Keep Android Open

In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, 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 an app’s private signing key

Listing all current and future application identifiers

Sign the open letter. And get active to help oppose the enactment of the policy in other ways listed on the website. Are there any more ways to oppose this?

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[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

This was absolutely not the case back when I started using Linux back in 2007.

There's been a lot of work put into the desktop Linux ecosystem by a many different organizations and individuals to get it to this point.

Linux phones are at the stage where you need to apply a custom kernel patch to get it to sleep/wake properly on your hardware, get the camera working, etc. It will also take a long time for desktop Linux apps to get responsive (i.e. offer a good experience with a small touch screen).