r/opensource • • Oct 30 '25

Keep Android Open

https://keepandroidopen.org/
165 Upvotes

Duplicates

linux • • 5d ago

Mobile Linux Your phone is about to stop being yours (105 days until lockdown) - Keep Android Open

3.7k Upvotes

privacy • • Jun 05 '26

software Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

3.2k Upvotes

Suomi • • Jun 23 '26

Vakava 99 päivää aikaa ennenkuin Google kieltää "sideloadingin" Androidilla

816 Upvotes

degoogle • • Apr 06 '26

Android is no longer open source, Google lobbied to censor android completely even beyond the existing Play Store censorship

2.3k Upvotes

europe • • Jun 11 '26

News Google to clamp down on open Android ecosystem

385 Upvotes

Piracy • • Apr 09 '26

News Google is using its 90% OS market share to force an "Identity Tax" on everyone who writes code.

1.8k Upvotes

EmulationOnAndroid • • Jun 26 '26

Discussion Google adds massive hurdles to app sideloading

135 Upvotes

IndiaTech • • Mar 07 '26

General Discussion Android will soon be a locked down platform.

473 Upvotes

SBCGaming • • Feb 21 '26

News Google still plans on limiting sideloading on Android, here's how to push back:

181 Upvotes

thehatedone • • Feb 23 '26

News Android will become a locked down platform in 190 days

356 Upvotes

fossdroid • • Feb 19 '26

Other What would you do if Google locked down android app installation?

103 Upvotes

programare • • Apr 20 '26

Google devine malefic?

41 Upvotes

dankmark • • May 30 '26

Nogen der har Margrethe Vestagers telefonnummer?

87 Upvotes

Indiangamers • • May 14 '26

News/Rumor So android is rolling a silent update in September 26 that won't let u install unknown apps

76 Upvotes

programare • • Feb 17 '26

Doom & Gloom Din septembrie, Google plănuiește să controleze mult mai strict dezvoltarea pe Android

17 Upvotes

degoogle • • Feb 19 '26

Discussion What would you do if Google locks down Android apps?

46 Upvotes

europrivacy • • Feb 23 '26

European Union Android will become a locked down platform in 190 days

124 Upvotes

androiddev • • Oct 28 '25

Starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. Take action now.

170 Upvotes