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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/dangillmor/statuses/116241899981137290">Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 19:05:05 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" title="dangillmor@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/33094-48-20221120035318.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Dan Gillmor" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Dan Gillmor</a></section><article><p>Google has become everything it once pretended to disdain -- an arrogant, sleazy, control-freak monopolist. </p><p>Its latest anti-user, anti-competition move will shut down the alternative app marketplaces that Google used to show off as "we're not like Apple" evidence. <a href="https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/" rel="nofollow">https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6243433#notice-12303574">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-03-17T19:05:05+09:00" title="Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 19:05:05 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/116241899981137290" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/116241899981137290">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.thenewstack.io</div><h5><a href="https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/">F-Droid says Google's Android developer verification plan is an 'existential' threat to alternative app stores</a></h5><div> from <span>David Cassel</span></div></header><div>F-Droid fights Google's Android developer verification plan that could kill alternative app stores used by millions. Here's what developers need to know.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 19:05:05 JST Dan Gillmor
Google has become everything it once pretended to disdain -- an arrogant, sleazy, control-freak monopolist.
Its latest anti-user, anti-competition move will shut down the alternative app marketplaces that Google used to show off as "we're not like Apple" evidence. https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/
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  F-Droid says Google's Android developer verification plan is an 'existential' threat to alternative app stores
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  F-Droid fights Google's Android developer verification plan that could kill alternative app stores used by millions. Here's what developers need to know.

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