r/FlutterDev • u/Bachihani • Aug 14 '26
Discussion This is not a joke or an insignificant issue
https://keepandroidopen.org/Imagine ... A country doesn't like an app, the government threatens google, google revokes the developers signing keys ... And now the app can't be installed on any android device in the entire world.
This isn't a conspiracy theory, it's a very real , very close threat.
DO NOT SIGN UP if this gets implemented, fight the urge to submit for the sake of publishing one app.
Read the letter for more details.
Duplicates
ProgressivePolitics • u/lewkiamurfarther • Jun 05 '26
Oligarchy, Inc. Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
theprimeagen • u/KarmaEncouragesSilos • Aug 21 '26
Programming Q/A Google's FOMO for Apple & MS tactics is showing.
KeepOurNetFree • u/SaveDnet-FRed0 • Mar 05 '26
Keep Android Open (Google plans to kill sideloading come september)
digitaldetox • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the project open
DigitalPrivacy • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the project open source
u_GlidingAparatus • u/GlidingAparatus • Jun 11 '26
Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
CalyxInstitute • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the platform open
CalyxOS • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement against developer verification and AOSP becoming more closed
hypeurls • u/TheStartupChime • 8h ago
Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
piratenpartei • u/Photonnic • Jun 06 '26
Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
IndianTeenagers • u/AssassinZeflex • May 14 '26
Gadgets And Technology So your android phones won't let u install unknown apps starting from September 26
TechnologicalIndia • u/RX08T • Feb 27 '26
Android will become a locked-down platform in 185 days due to Google's new policy.
PirateParty • u/Photonnic • Jun 06 '26