- cross-posted to:
- opensource@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- opensource@programming.dev
Keep Android Open
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
Sign the open letter. And get active to help oppose the enactment of the policy in other ways listed on the website. Are there any more ways to oppose this?
The big problem is that there are no entry-level linux phones. All of them I have seen are over 200, and evn those are horribly underpowered. It wouldn’t be that hard to make a 140€ phone and upmark it to 180€ for the effort of developing Linux for it?
My problem wtih the existing linux phones is that they are usually clearly labled as “experimental beta device + OS, only recommended for experienced users” and for linux, that’s scary to me. I’ve been using it for over 10 years, but as a user, you know?