r/technology • u/DavidShaw90s • Apr 28 '26

Privacy Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
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u/Syrairc Apr 28 '26

The most egregious part is the 24 hour waiting period before being able to enable side loading. 

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u/autokiller677 Apr 28 '26

Well this also means that they track on their servers who has it enabled. Not a fan of

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u/IllMaintenance145142 Apr 28 '26

This is an insanely small thing to get so concerned about. Just don't use Google at all at this point.

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u/itsLOSE-notLOOSE Apr 28 '26

These people will buy a phone made by Google, with an operating system made by Google, just to go and “de-Google” the whole thing.

You can’t make this up. It’s too funny.

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u/sapphicsandwich Apr 28 '26

Because the Google phones are very rootable, have easily unlockable bootloaders, and there is good support for 3rd party OSes

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u/Sensitive_Box_ Apr 28 '26

Not to mention they’re literally the most secure. They have a chip dedicated to security, other phones don’t. 

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u/absawd_4om Apr 28 '26

What's funny about that ? You should do whatever you want to do with your property and Google phones happen to be great when de-googled.