2026-08-28 12:46 UTC
#Google is going to close down #Android platform, making installing "unverified" apps almost impossible for a regular user. This would completely kill #FDroid, something I rely on to get apps that don't track me, don't show me ads and don't try to exploit me.
If you care about #FreeSoftware, you should care about this. Maybe with enough public uproar, Google like many other corporations before it will back off from this plan. But it certainly won't happen on it's own.
https://keepandroidopen.org/
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@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world 2026-08-29 00:40
@unfa@mastodon.social i recently got the new #Murena #Fairphone 6, so no tech oligarchs in my phone. & i'm loving it 💙😊 #BreakTheOligarchy
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@nielso@digitalcourage.social 2026-08-28 12:49
@unfa@mastodon.social So Google is going Apple. And they can do so, because we cannot do things without certain apps any more and they know.
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@wonderfox_floof@mastodon.ml 2026-08-28 13:15
@unfa@mastodon.social i thought they already backed off a little and told it would be off-switchable. you have to wait for 24hours yes, it's still detestable but not so dire as it was at first