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In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, 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 an app’s private signing key
- Listing all current and future application identifiers

https://keepandroidopen.org/

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Fuck google. They are the top of my block list.

we need more devices with graphene >_< they can't make people sign these things for buying a pixel tho, so there's still a hole in this thing. they really can't ever completely close up custom rom dev because AOSP devs build many parts they depend on. i just wish there was an alternative to buying ...

This is why i'm bullish on nostr + shakespeare + routstr

Is the Linux phone still a thing? I have some research to start.

Tony Acid · 29w

my plan to tackle this is to have two phones: 1) regular android phone only with the apps that require Google Play Store (banking apps, Gmaps etc.) 2) degoogled phone (either graphene or LineageOS without Play Store), with zap store and other APKs that are not currently on Play Store

Does it mean that devs can't publish their apps on googles app store without registration? But will devs still be able to publish their apps on alternative stores like zap store? Or is it more complex?

REDACTED · 29w

Yeah… that’s not not happening on REDACTED’s watch 😈 https://blossom.primal.net/4d69f40ada1bf656381a99059e518e2b9ea70ace7eb7478920597d1d34513c35.mov

REDACTED · 29w

https://blossom.primal.net/01f75b2a56dbb78820c61f06add1d6c7cad6a68facdf5cfe5fdf9574cbcb894f.mov

Vendetta · 28w

I hope this will also help to jump start the Linux phone era.

A good reason to hope and support the libre phone project :) https://librephone.fsf.org/

Will we be able to use those Google play apk's on GrapheneOS? I think so, because of backward compatibility. But with the Google play Integrity API, the writing is on the wall that their ultimate goal is to keep the apps for Google-authorised builds of Android only. Fuck em, they can keep their spyw...

universo 365 graus · 28w

fala, mano. criei essa conta só para teste, não sei se vou ficar utilizando ela

Kishka ~ Cat [She/Her] · 28w

this honestly seems more monopolistic. how has the eu and us governments not shut this down yet. this is stopping private sideloading, and the eu forced apple to allow sideloading.

Kortik 🇦🇲 · 28w

When Ashigaru.rs in the Zapstore?