Verifica sviluppatori su Android: KDE sostiene Keep Android Open contro lo stop alle app fuori Play Store!
#KDE supporta Keep Android Open contro la verifica obbligatoria degli sviluppatori: dal 2026 (in Italia dal 2027) l’installazione di app su Android certificato richiede registrazione e identità accertata.
Soon, Google will be restricting Android such that users can only install apps signed by developers approved by Google. Everyone please follow through with this and reach out to your legislators and the govt. Please boost for reach https://keepandroidopen.org/
#FDroid has a board, old news, time goes by, we get busy with the apps, the client, the repo, the server, the imminent danger, the #FOSDEM, and terms come to an end.
We seek an enthusiastic, collaborative and diverse board that can support our community as effectively as possible.
Nominations are now open to select up to four volunteer directors to serve for two years each.
37 organizacji wystosowało list do Google, domagając się rezygnacji ze zmian zapowiedzianych na wrzesień tego roku, oznaczających zablokowanie instalowania aplikacji spoza Sklepu Google na urządzeniach z Androidem (np. z F-Droid lub Obtainium).
I usually get upgrade notifications for
@organicmaps and
@signalapp from Google a few days earlier than from
@fdroidorg. (I single these because it happened today but it applies to others too.) Is this something they also impose on developers? If you want to #keepAndroidOpen that's maybe something to consider.
The :fsfe: FSFE signed an open letter addressed to Sundar Pichai, CEO of #Google, regarding Google's announced policy requiring all #Android app developers to register centrally with Google to distribute applications outside the Google Play Store.
@fdroidorg
I have a German smartphone brand that runs on a fork of LineageOS called VollaOS, which comes pre-installed.
I'm wondering if this system will continue to work, and therefore, if the smartphone will still be able to perform its function... ?
What is the situation, please?
J'ai une marque allemande de smartphone, qui fonctionne avec un fork de lineageOS, VollaOS, préinstallé.
Je me demande si ce système va seulement pouvoir continuer, et donc, si le smartphone pourra encore remplir sa fonction... ?
Qu'en est-il svp ?
I'm confused by the whole #Google Developer Verification thing...
Users won't be able to install #Android apps without their developers registering with Google?
How will this affect users of Android forks (like #LineageOS, #GrapheneOS, etc.)? I'm assuming it won't, since Google can't put anything in the #AOSP that others can't just remove in their own builds.
So presumably it only affects users of Google-ified Android?
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"
I urge all developers of #Android apps to NOT pre-emptively obey the new terms of #Google requiring you to sign up for the Android Developer Console.
It looks like Google is attempting a power grab and wants to prevent ALL installations of Android apps without official Google approval; even those installed outside Google Play.
This is an attack on both developer and user freedom and unacceptable.
Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve:
Paying a fee to Google
Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
Providing government identification
Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
Listing all current and future application identifiers
"You, the consumer, purchased your Android device believing in Google’s promise that it was an open computing platform and that you could run whatever software you choose on it. Instead, as of September 2026, they will be non-consensually pushing an update to your operating system that irrevocably blocks this right and leaves you at the mercy of their judgement over what software you are permitted to trust."
Trotzdem hoffe ich, dass ich bald auf euren Phones auch ein wirklich freies System wie
@postmarketOS nutzen kann! Für mein #shiftmq6 gibt es da leider noch viele Einschränkungen.
The website doesn't have a word about #grapheneos, #obtainium, or #accrescent yet lists every possible insecure device and rom, and presents #fdroid (with well-known serious security issues of its own) as if it were the only option for installing apps?
Either the people behind the website are woefully unqualified to make recommendations or they have an agenda not much more in the interest of users than Google's.
I'm sure you can see how this direct connection to the F-Droid org along with the information as presented on the site could be perceived as a conflict of interest.
I share the very serious concerns expressed by #keepandroidopen, hence the criticism specific to the associated website in my initial post. Android users deserve to be informed of either a symmetrically curated short list or all viable alternatives.
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.