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   #KeepAndroidOpen

   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.

   https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

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     • F-Droid

     🧐 Google’s plan would mean that all personal data of #FreeSoftware app developers on Android would end up with #Google, even apps distributed outside the Play Store, by forcing developers to register and hand over ID.

     ❌️ It raises barriers for small and volunteer projects, like @fdroidorg, and increases the risk of surveillance, censorship, and arbitrary bans against privacy‑protecting and critical apps.

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     📢 What we ask from #Google:

     - Rescind mandatory developer registration for all third‑party distribution.

     - Engage in transparent dialogue with civil society, #FreeSoftware communities, and regulators on improving security without sacrificing openness.

     - Commit to platform neutrality so that Google’s role as Android steward does not conflict with its commercial interests.

     clacke@libranet.de is main 🐘 repeated this.
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     🫵 What you can do

     - Read and share the open letter: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

     - If you are part of an organisation, join the signatories from across civil society, #FreeSoftware communities, and industry.

     - Please help so that Google also understands it is not in its interest to jeopardise its own success in mobile by making Android unfriendly to developers who care about #softwarefreedom

     #KeepAndroidOpen