@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza
Post #960893
2026-03-18 21:21 UTC
Google Says Developer Verification Makes Android Safer. Critics Say It Just Makes Android More Closed
https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/
“Under the new rules, F-Droid has no workable path forward. Compelling volunteer contributors to register their identities with Google runs against what the platform stands for.
“But claiming those app identifiers on developers’ behalf is equally impossible, since that would give F-Droid a kind of exclusive ownership over apps it has no right to own.
“F-Droid has been clear that if Google goes through this, it effectively ends the project as it currently exists.”
#foss #android #opensource
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@circus_maximus@social.anoxinon.de 2026-03-18 21:35
@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza oh, of cause, the door is just locked for our own safety. Nice of google to point that out. I am very interested how the european union is handling that. US made us already aware that free software and sovereignty is not in their interest. I really hope that eu regulations can beneficial here