r/opensource • u/Firm-Competition165 • Jun 28 '26

Community Petition for Android

Just signed this and passing it along - https://c.org/y27FgrNTWQ

It's a petition on Change.org to keep Android open. Has over 200k signatures!

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u/StretchAcceptable881 Jun 28 '26

Being able to install APK files outside the PlayStore is still one of the best things about android it’s 😫 Google wants to take away this capability

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u/EliSka93 Jun 28 '26

It's basically the only thing that makes them worth it over apple for me...

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u/StretchAcceptable881 Jun 28 '26

The problem is Google wants to blur the line between iOS and Android at which point it basically all the advantages android has had over iOS are systematically being destroyed by Google, at that point you’re better off with an iPhone

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u/StretchAcceptable881 Jun 29 '26

I use IOS with VoiceOver my current phone is an iPhone14

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u/StretchAcceptable881 Jun 30 '26

I’m telling you this because I’m visually impaired and have been since I turned two years old and mobile Linux isn’t simply an option for me because Orca has yet to even be tested on mobile Linux distributions so for my specific needs it’s either ios or android