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Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:

  • pay Google
  • give government ID to Google
  • agree to Google terms and conditions

People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.

e.g. via F-Droid.

We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/116087210269757672

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[–] 31 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Honestly we need operating systems to be regulated to have the freedom to install any app you want without the company's permission. Maybe not all of them, but any provided with a general computation device such as a computer or smartphone, and the freedom to replace operating systems on any device that isn't highly specialized with immediate safety concerns (stuff like insulin pump systems and cars)

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