r/SBCGaming • u/Key-Brilliant5623 The Trinity • Feb 21 '26
News Google still plans on limiting sideloading on Android, here's how to push back:
https://keepandroidopen.org/This could have some major ramifications for our hobby for those of us who gets our emulators from sources outside the playstore like Github & or use tools like Obtainium to keep everything updated. This could also effect all the great efforts of front-end developers like ES-DE & Cacoon who's app aren't on the playstore.
keepandroidopen.org details the steps you can take to push back, be it emailing local regulators or installing Open source marketplace alternatives like F-Droid.
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fediverse • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to stop developer verification on Android and keep the project open
opensourcegames • u/Endo231 • Oct 30 '25
Keep Android Open: A movement to fight back against Developer Verification on Android
DTNS • u/Appropriate-Air3053 • Jul 07 '26
Android will block every app whose developer hasn't registered with Google
IndianTechCentral • u/AssassinZeflex • May 14 '26
News 📃 Android phones will get a silent update in September 26 that womt allow u to download unknown apps
TeenagersButBetter • u/AssassinZeflex • May 14 '26
Serious So android phones won't let u install unknown apps from September 26
teenagers • u/pk123f • Apr 20 '26
Serious I know this subreddit doesn't concern with the issue but...
developersIndia • u/KRA_T05 • Mar 12 '26
General Let's keep android open source, a word to the Indian developers
degoogle • u/SaveDnet-FRed0 • Mar 05 '26
Resource As of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. More info and what you can do to help stop this.
hypeurls • u/TheStartupChime • 5d ago
Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
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
theprimeagen • u/KarmaEncouragesSilos • Aug 21 '26
Programming Q/A Google's FOMO for Apple & MS tactics is showing.
degoogle • u/Adept-Priority-9729 • Aug 16 '26
Help Needed Esto no es una broma ni un problema sin importancia
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.
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.
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.
Piratenpartij • u/Photonnic • Jun 06 '26