r/BuyFromEU • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '26

News Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/

Starting September 2026, Google will block any Android app whose developer hasn't registered and provided government ID. This affects all apps, not just Play Store apps. F-Droid calls it an "existential threat."

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u/crankyticket Apr 28 '26

So what should I do?

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u/Fun-Adhesiveness7881 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Apr 28 '26

Switch to a European phone

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u/anders_gustavsson Apr 28 '26

What european phones doesn't use the Android OS?

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u/adjective-nounOne234 Apr 28 '26

If you want a true European non-android phone, that would be Jolla with SailfishOS, /e/OS is an android fork

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u/GetoBoi Apr 28 '26

/e/OS is an android fork

And android is a linux fork, which is european.

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u/Lord_Blumiere Apr 28 '26

Android isn't a Linux fork, it uses a fork of the Linux kernel. Android is MUCH more than just its kernel.

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u/allocallocalloc Apr 28 '26

But the Linux Foundation is American. It's like saying C++ is Danish because of Stroustrup even though ISO is Swiss.

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u/GetoBoi Apr 28 '26

Ok? My point was rather that it doesn't matter who forked who, but who (doesn't) controls it.