Google to lock down Android and prevent third party unverified apps from installing in September 2026. Attack on FOSS, distribution (F-Droid etc.), small developers. "Almost 40 organizations, including Techlore, published an open letter to Google opposing Android Developer Verification, a program that would require all developers to register with Google before distributing apps on Android starting September 2026. Before explaining why we signed, I need to address something: the widely-circulated narrative that Google already backed down from this. They didn't, and that misunderstanding may be the most dangerous part of the story right now." https://youtu.be/5MZfGq5F1NU https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-fi… https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-de… #AndroidDeveloperVerificationProgram #Android #Google #Alphabet #LockDown #Censors #FDroid #FOSS #OpenSource #Verified #Developers #AdGuard → https://adguard.com #AppFairProject → https://appfair.org #ARTICLE19 → https://article19.org #AssociaçãoNacionalParaOSoftwareLivre ( #ANSOL ) → https://ansol.org #AuroraStore → https://auroraoss.com #CenterForDigitalProgress ( #D64 ) → https://d-64.org #ChaosComputerClub ( #CCC ) → https://ccc.de #Codeberg e.V. → https://codeberg.org #Cryptee → https://crypt.ee #DataRights → https://datarights.ngo #DigitaleGesellschaft → https://digitale-gesellschaft.ch #DigitalRightsFoundation → https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk #DigitalRightsWatch → https://digitalrightswatch.org.au #EpicenterWorks – for digital rights → https://epicenter.works #EFoundation → https://e.foundation #EuropeanDigitalRights ( #EDRi ) → https://edri.org #ElectronicFrontierFoundation ( #EFF ) → https://eff.org #Fastmail → https://fastmail.com #FUTO → https://futo.org #Ghostery → https://ghostery.com #FDroid → https://f-droid.org #FreeSoftwareFoundation ( #FSF ) → https://fsf.org #FreeSoftwareFoundationEurope ( #FSFE ) → https://fsfe.org #GuardianProject → https://guardianproject.info #IzzyOnDroid → https://izzyondroid.org #JMPChat → https://jmp.chat #KDE e.V. → https://kde.org #LineageOS → https://lineageos.org #microG → https://microg.org #Molly → https://molly.im #Obtainium → https://obtainium.imranr.dev #OpenStreetMapFoundation ( #OSMF ) → https://osmfoundation.org #OpenRightsGroup ( #ORG ) → https://openrightsgroup.org #OsservatorioNessuno OdV → https://osservatorionessuno.org #ProtonAG → https://proton.me #RossmannGroup → https://rossmanngroup.com #SoftwareFreedomConservancy → https://sfconservancy.org #Techlore → https://techlore.tech #TorProject → https://torproject.org #TutaMail → https://tuta.com #VivaldiTechnologies AS → https://vivaldi.com