Not sure where #Google asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with #FLOSS devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their #Android users

#FDroid did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person

They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"

@marcprux has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to #keepandroidopen

Click: f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-le…

An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

As we wrote about back in September in F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree, Google plans to enforce mandatory developer registration as a requ...

^f-droid.org

The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.

If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.

keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.

We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.

Thank you for your support!

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

^{keepandroidopen.org}

The client smart push feature will work in the f-droid version of your app, too, right? You probably implemented #UnifiedPush for that, right? 🫠

#FDroid

#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.

#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.

What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?

What does Google?

Here's #FDroid: f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloa…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...

^f-droid.org

Thanks for covering this. I'd like to suggest doing a write-up on #URnetwork, an #OpenSource decentralized VPN. Android client available on #Fdroid.

#FreeSoftware #VPN #dVPN #p2p #p2pVPN #privacy #surveillance

Annother reason to always use F-Droid when possible.

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality | @itsfoss

news.itsfoss.com/google-gateke…

#Google #Nextcloud #FDroid

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality

Nextcloud is not happy with what Google is doing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

¿Como funciona likebutter.app?

Descarga la.iso 💿 y ponla en una raspberry pi que generará un wifi de donde podras descargar apps de Fdroid, tener un chat local Matrix, mapas OSMAND y compartir el contenido de memorias USB en ambientes sin Internet y con pocos recursos energéticos. 🌍 likebutter.app/es/

fediverse.tv/w/jHcj1BajoKSZw3E…

#FDroid #GuardianProject #Matrix #Raspberrypi #lFreeSoftware

#fdroid versions aren't affected, updates disabled.

This is where #foss and #gplv3 shines: when a developer does something like this, just fork the repository and carry on.