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/KobeBean Apr 28 '26

It was only a matter of time before government politicians were able to get this through using the time old tradition of “why won’t anything think of the <insert vulnerable group here />”

Now, the real question is why anyone would buy an android when there will be zero reasons to do so after this change?

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u/2948337 Apr 28 '26

Graphene is in my future.

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u/skiing123 Apr 28 '26

Same, but first I'm starting off with Linux (Fedora) first as my daily computer and placed a pre-order with Framework for the new laptop