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 the developer’s private signing key

  • Listing all current and future application identifiers

  • Here is the https://keepandroidopen.org/

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There’s nothing about AOSP that’s not open. The thing that’s not open is the Play Store and FCM notifications. So long as everyone continues uploading exclusively to Play Store and not supporting UnifiedPush, even those who should absolutely know better, the Android ecosystem might as well be closed.