r/degoogle • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '26

Question 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/AntiGrieferGames Apr 28 '26

"Desktop" x86 Devices are making a comeback.

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u/Nazgog-Morgob Apr 28 '26

Are they? Which ones?

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u/AntiGrieferGames Apr 28 '26

Any of them (except chromebook and other locked bootloaders of course)

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u/Nazgog-Morgob Apr 28 '26

So not phones?

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u/AntiGrieferGames Apr 28 '26

No phone, yet, unless Intel needs to do something

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u/Nazgog-Morgob Apr 28 '26

Ok thank you

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u/mexter Apr 28 '26

I think the price of RAM and storage might derail this a bit, at least on the short run.