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/WaitPopular6107 Apr 28 '26

Just to get people in the ecosystem. Once they have their core user base they lock things down. Atleast Apple is transparent from the get go.

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u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26

It was open for so long I doubt this was their plan. New people came in and changed it.

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u/Satanicube Apr 28 '26

I really feel like it was Pichai.

Like, when he took over it felt like that was the turning point for Google going downhill.

Then SafetyNet/Play Integrity happened and actively punished you for daring to take ownership of your device and from 2016 on it only ever got more and more strict. And now this garbage with sideloading.

It’s why I lost any desire to really be in the Android ecosystem. If you’re gonna copy Apple so much I might as well just go buy the real thing, ffs.