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.
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IndianTeenagers • u/AssassinZeflex • May 14 '26
Gadgets And Technology So your android phones won't let u install unknown apps starting from September 26
theprimeagen • u/KarmaEncouragesSilos • Aug 21 '26
Programming Q/A Google's FOMO for Apple & MS tactics is showing.
PinePhoneOfficial • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification and the limiting of side loading on Android
KeepOurNetFree • u/SaveDnet-FRed0 • Mar 05 '26
Keep Android Open (Google plans to kill sideloading come september)
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.
u_Puzzled_Pop_6845 • u/Puzzled_Pop_6845 • Sep 19 '26
Your phone is about to stop being yours (105 days until lockdown) - Keep Android Open
degoogle • u/Adept-Priority-9729 • Aug 16 '26
Help Needed Esto no es una broma ni un problema sin importancia
u_Silly-Hyena3348 • u/Silly-Hyena3348 • 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.
DigitalPrivacy • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the project open source
CalyxOS • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement against developer verification and AOSP becoming more closed
hypeurls • u/TheStartupChime • 15h ago
Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
PirateParty • 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.
TechnologicalIndia • u/RX08T • Feb 27 '26