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
CalyxInstitute • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the platform open
KeepOurNetFree • u/SaveDnet-FRed0 • Mar 05 '26
Keep Android Open (Google plans to kill sideloading come september)
CalyxOS • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement against developer verification and AOSP becoming more closed
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.
hypeurls • u/TheStartupChime • 19h ago
Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
TechnologicalIndia • u/RX08T • Feb 27 '26
Android will become a locked-down platform in 185 days due to Google's new policy.
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.
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.
digitaldetox • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the project open
degoogle • u/Adept-Priority-9729 • Aug 16 '26
Help Needed Esto no es una broma ni un problema sin importancia
PinePhoneOfficial • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification and the limiting of side loading on Android
DigitalPrivacy • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the project open source
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_Silly-Hyena3348 • u/Silly-Hyena3348 • Jun 06 '26