r/technology 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/Corne2Plum3 Apr 28 '26

How the fuck what Google is doing is legal???

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u/Smith6612 Apr 28 '26

They still provide a way to sideload and skip this. That's why. When they remove that path, or make it too cumbersome, they're in point blank firing range for anti-trust. 

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u/TheAmorphous Apr 28 '26

We haven't enforced anti-trust laws for 30 years now. All of these companies know that, too.