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Aresti :ms_asexual_flag: and 3 others boosted

@IzzyOnDroidOrg@floss.social · 4 days ago

You might have noticed a new banner at our website.

It's not just IzzyOnDroid that is threatened by #Google's upcoming "developer verification" rules – it's ALL OF YOU, ALL OF US, who live in the free #Android world, and want to decide ourselves what gets installed onto our devices.

If Google gets away with this, on the majority of Android devices, you will only be able to install what THEY allow. No more freedom of choice.

Join the resistance! Act for your freedom!

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Kyle Bronsdon

@kylebronsdon@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

I don't even know what to think about #keepandroidopen:

The website doesn't have a word about #grapheneos, #obtainium, or #accrescent yet lists every possible insecure device and rom, and presents #fdroid (with well-known serious security issues of its own) as if it were the only option for installing apps?

Either the people behind the website are woefully unqualified to make recommendations or they have an agenda not much more in the interest of users than Google's.

F-Droid

@fdroidorg@floss.social replied · 3 days ago

@kylebronsdon Every project has an agenda. #FDroid's agenda is about Keeping Android Open, for everyone, not only our or your favorite project.

While we both have the privilege of running a distro that cares about our freedom, we march for the rest of the users, the 3.9 billion ones that are not here in our (tech and social) bubble. For our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and more, that will not be able to install the same privacy respecting, secure software, just because #Google said so.

IzzyOnDroidOrg

@IzzyOnDroidOrg@floss.social · 4 days ago

You might have noticed a new banner at our website.

If Google gets away with this, on the majority of Android devices, you will only be able to install what THEY allow. No more freedom of choice.

Join the resistance! Act for your freedom!

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Brad Koehn

@bkoehn@hachyderm.io · 4 days ago

@fdroidorg But I thought “open always wins.” 🤦‍♂️

F-Droid

@fdroidorg@floss.social replied · 4 days ago

@bkoehn

#Google when talking in court against #EpicGames: "we are open"

Google when talking with #FLOSS devs: "not for you"

Glowing Cat of the Nuclear Wastelands and 12 others boosted

F-Droid

@fdroidorg@floss.social · 5 days ago

The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.

If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.

https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.

We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.

Thank you for your support!