{"ObjectType":400,"Sequence":16,"PreHash":"1C16530DD18F99D56128697BBF669638","Tag":["手机","应用","开发者","安全","Google","Android"],"Content":"## Google 在做什么？\n\n2025 年 8 月，Google [宣布](https://developer.android.com/developer-verification) 了一条新规：自 2027 年起， **所有 Android 开发者都必须集中向 Google 注册** ，否则开发的软件就无法安装到任何设备上。所有应用均会受影响，包括朋友间互传的应用、在 [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) 上发布的应用以及由爱好者开发、个人使用的软件，而不仅限于 Play Store 中的应用。独立开发者、社区组织、爱好者等都将被挡在软件开发与分发的大门之外。\n\n为了注册，开发者需要：\n\n- 向 Google 支付费用\n- 同意 Google 的条款\n- 提交政府签发的身份证件\n- 证明自己拥有私有签名密钥\n- 列出现在和将来所有要使用的应用 ID\n\n若开发者不服从规定，则全球所有 Android 设备会悄然屏蔽他开发的应用。\n\n## 谁会受害\n\n### 你\n\n你购买 Android 手机，是因为 Google 曾承诺它会开放。你可以自由安装想要的软件，这是当初的承诺。\n\n然而，Google 如今要重写这份协议，而且是追溯到你已拥有的设备。更新落地后，你的手机 —— *你的* 财产， *你* 花钱购买的 —— 将只能运行 Google 许可的软件。\n\n### 独立开发者\n\n无论是求学少年编写的第一个应用、志愿开发者制作的隐私工具，还是公司内部的保密测试版，均难逃一劫。到了 2027 年，以上软件若未获得 Google 许可，则都无法安装。\n\n[F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) 上有数千个自由开源的 Android 应用，它们认为这次更新堪称 [“存亡”威胁](https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) 。Cory Doctorow 称之为 [“Darth Android”](https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/) 。\n\n### 政府和公民社会\n\nGoogle 配合威权政府下架应用，早已 [有案可查](https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly) 。若该政策落地，你所在的国家赖以运行机构的软件就会任由一家不负责任的外国公司所摆布。\n\n[EFF 直言](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship) ，设置应用关卡，就是在为名目日渐繁多的互联网审查铺垫。\n\n### Google 给予的“退路”，实则是陷阱\n\nGoogle 声称“高级用户”可以 [“继续安装”](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html) 未验证的应用。可 *实际* 情况却是：\n\n1. 你需要打开系统设置，找到开发者选项\n2. 连续点击版本号 **七次** ，打开开发者模式\n3. 关闭“确认你是否受到了胁迫”的恐吓性提示\n4. 输入设备的 PIN 码\n5. 重启设备\n6. **等待 24 小时**\n7. 回到设置，再次关闭恐吓性提示\n8. 选择“暂时允许”（7 天）或“永久允许”\n9. 再次确认你清楚所谓的“风险”\n\n\\*仅仅为了在自己的设备上安装侧载软件，\\*你就需要九步操作、等待二十四小时强制冷静期。\n\n祸不单行：这一流程完全受 **Google Play 服务** 控制，而和 Android 系统无关。Google 可以随时改动、收紧甚至废止，无需系统更新，也无需用户同意。直至今日，它还仅存在于一篇博文和几张效果图里，暂未加入任何 beta、preview 或 canary 版本。\n\n## Android 只是起始\n\n如果 Google 能事后锁定数十亿台当初打着“开放平台”旗号售卖出去的设备，全世界其他硬件厂商都可能效仿。\n\nGoogle 此举将确立 **“设备制造商有权在消费者购买后决定其能装什么软件”** 的规则。软件圈中，这称为“撤梯子”，但至少用户仍可安装其他竞品。而在硬件上，剥夺用户自主权，让用户任由不受制衡的“守门人”、已被判垄断的巨头摆布，即将成为既定事实。\n\nAndroid 的开放性从来不仅是一项功能，而是其区别于 iPhone 的 *承诺* 。数百万用户正是出于这一承诺选择了 Android。但如今，Google 自恃市场主导地位和监管影响力足以让其逍遥法外，要单方面撕毁承诺，波及用户 *早已* 到手的设备。\n\n[Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/with-developer-verification-googles-apple-envy-threatens-to-dismantle-androids-open-legacy/) ： *“Google 嫉妒苹果，要摧毁 Android 开放的传统。”*\n\n## 但是稍等，这不就是……\n\n#### “……说到底不就是安全吗？”\n\n安全只是借口。Google Play Protect 本身无需了解开发者的身份即可扫描恶意软件。要求提交身份证件并不能让代码更安全，只能让 *开发者* 被识别和监控。恶意软件制作者照样能注册，独立开发者和异见人士却反而未必。 [EFF](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship) 一针见血：以身份为依据的把关是审查手段，而非安全措施。\n\n#### “……走高级流程，不还是能侧载吗？”\n\n然而需要九步操作、等待二十四小时强制冷静期，不仅埋藏在开发者选项中，还依赖 Google 随时可中断的专有服务。这并非侧载，而是 **劝退机制** ，意图正是让大多数人都无法侧载。而且因为该功能通过 Play 服务而非系统实现，Google 可以悄然收紧或关停。\n\n#### “……没什么见不得人的，怕什么？”\n\n威权政府下的吹哨人、记者、活动家会首当其冲。其次会轮到家庭暴力受害者。这些群体有必要在分发或使用软件时不向 Google 数据库提供真实身份，理由正当。匿名贡献开源代码的传统早在 Google 建立前就已形成，但新政策会在 Android 上消灭这一传统。\n\n#### “……苹果不也这么干吗？”\n\n苹果从一开始就是封闭生态。人们选择 Android，正是 *因为它不一样* 。“苹果也这样”是竞相逐底的恶性竞争、五十步笑百步。更何况，在欧盟《数字市场法》的监管压力下，连苹果都被迫开放。Google 却反其道而行之，试图进一步巩固自身在 Android 世界的“守门人”地位。\n\n#### “……不就是 25 美元和填几张表而已？”\n\n或许如此，但前提是你身在美国，有信用卡和驾照。倘若你是撒哈拉以南非洲的学生、缅甸的异见人士或维护社区健康应用的志愿者，成本就远不止于金钱了：还要将身份证件和签名密钥交给一家 [经常配合](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) 政府下架应用、曝光开发者身份的公司。\n\n## 如何反击\n\n### 所有人\n\n- **在你拥有的所有 Android 手机上 [安装 F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/)** 。只有人们大量使用，平替应用商店才能存活下来。\n- **[联系监管部门](https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers)** 。全世界的监管部门都在密切关注科技巨头的垄断和集权问题，也想聆听受害者的真实心声。\n- **分享这个页面** 。让 [keepandroidopen.org](https://keepandroidopen.org/) 遍布网络世界。\n- **对抗水军** 。言必及“其实吧……”的水军已然出动，不可让他们定义叙事。\n- **[签署 change.org 的请愿书](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)** 。加入已有超 10 万人签名的行列，让我们的声音被听到。\n- **[阅读并转发我们的公开信](https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter)**\n- **在 Google 自己的 [调查问卷](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITkdzMxv81rJDEGGjO-UIDDY28Rz_GEVA/viewform?pli=1) 中，填写你的想法** （大概率无用，但尽力而为） 。\n\n### 开发者\n\n**不要注册开发者账号** 。不要注册 Android 开发者控制台，不要签署 Google 的不可撤销条款，更不要验证身份。 *不要授人以柄。*\n\nGoogle 的计划只有在开发者配合时才能生效。因此不要配合。\n\n- 劝说其他开发者和组织不要注册。\n- 将 [FreeDroidWarn 库](https://github.com/woheller69/FreeDroidWarn) 集成到你的应用中，提醒用户。\n- 你在运营网站吗？ [可以添加一条倒计时横幅。](https://keepandroidopen.org/banner)\n\n### Google 员工\n\n如果你了解该计划的技术实现方式或内部逻辑，使用 *非工作* 电脑、 *非 Gmail* 账号发送邮件到 [tips@keepandroidopen.org](mailto:tips@keepandroidopen.org) 。我们保证绝对保密。\n\n## 所有反对者……\n\n来自 23 个国家的 71 个组织签署了 [公开信](https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter)\n\n[The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) eff.org](https://eff.org/) [Open Web Advocacy open-web-advocacy.org](https://open-web-advocacy.org/) [The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) fsfe.org](https://fsfe.org/) [Digital Rights Watch digitalrightswatch.org.au](https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/) [FUTO futo.org](https://futo.org/) [AdGuard adguard.com](https://adguard.com/) [GrapheneOS Foundation grapheneos.org](https://grapheneos.org/) [European Digital Rights (EDRi) edri.org](https://edri.org/) [GitHub Store github-store.org](https://github-store.org/) [UnifiedPush unifiedpush.org](https://unifiedpush.org/) [The OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) osmfoundation.org](https://osmfoundation.org/) [Rossmann Group rossmanngroup.com](https://rossmanngroup.com/) [Nextcloud nextcloud.com](https://nextcloud.com/) [MetaBrainz Foundation metabrainz.org](https://metabrainz.org/) [OpenMedia openmedia.org](https://openmedia.org/) [FOSDEM fosdem.org](https://fosdem.org/) [FACiL facil.qc.ca](https://facil.qc.ca/) [Fastmail fastmail.com](https://fastmail.com/) [Software Liberty Association of Taiwan slat.org.tw](https://slat.org.tw/) [The Guardian Project guardianproject.info](https://guardianproject.info/) [microG microg.org](https://microg.org/) [VideoLAN videolan.org](https://videolan.org/) [Data Rights datarights.ngo](https://datarights.ngo/) [Fundación Karisma karisma.org.co](https://karisma.org.co/) [LineageOS lineageos.org](https://lineageos.org/) [/e/ Foundation e.foundation](https://e.foundation/) [Molly molly.im](https://molly.im/) [Tuta Mail tuta.com](https://tuta.com/) [Cryptee crypt.ee](https://crypt.ee/) [Techlore techlore.tech](https://techlore.tech/) [Aurora Store auroraoss.com](https://auroraoss.com/) [Ghostery ghostery.com](https://ghostery.com/) [Proton AG proton.me](https://proton.me/) [La Quadrature du Net laquadrature.net](https://laquadrature.net/) [XMPP Standards Foundation xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/) [iodé iode.tech](https://iode.tech/) [F-Droid f-droid.org](https://f-droid.org/) [JMP.chat jmp.chat](https://jmp.chat/) [Rocky Linux rockylinux.org](https://rockylinux.org/) [The Calyx Institute calyx.org](https://calyx.org/) [Technopolice Bruxelles technopolice.be](https://technopolice.be/) [The Free Software Foundation (FSF) fsf.org](https://fsf.org/) [Osservatorio Nessuno OdV osservatorionessuno.org](https://osservatorionessuno.org/) [April april.org](https://april.org/) [Italian Linux Society ils.org](https://ils.org/) [Digitale Gesellschaft digitale-gesellschaft.ch](https://digitale-gesellschaft.ch/) [Fedimedia fedimedia.it](https://fedimedia.it/) [The Tor Project torproject.org](https://torproject.org/) [OW2 ow2.org](https://ow2.org/) [Codeberg e.V. codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/) [The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) ccc.de](https://ccc.de/) [Privacy Guides privacyguides.org](https://privacyguides.org/) [ARTICLE 19 article19.org](https://article19.org/) [Associação Nacional para o Software Livre (ANSOL) ansol.org](https://ansol.org/) [CryptPad cryptpad.org](https://cryptpad.org/) [Forbrukerrådet forbrukerradet.no](https://forbrukerradet.no/) [epicenter.works – for digital rights epicenter.works](https://epicenter.works/) [KDE e.V. kde.org](https://kde.org/) [FULU Foundation fulu.org](https://fulu.org/) [The App Fair Project appfair.org](https://appfair.org/) [Vivaldi Technologies AS vivaldi.com](https://vivaldi.com/) [GNOME Foundation gnome.org](https://gnome.org/) [The Digital Rights Foundation digitalrightsfoundation.pk](https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/) [The Center for Digital Progress (D64) d-64.org](https://d-64.org/) [The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) beuc.eu](https://beuc.eu/) [Software Freedom Conservancy sfconservancy.org](https://sfconservancy.org/) [Obtainium obtainium.imranr.dev](https://obtainium.imranr.dev/) [Brave brave.com](https://brave.com/) [IzzyOnDroid izzyondroid.org](https://izzyondroid.org/) [Open Rights Group (ORG) openrightsgroup.org](https://openrightsgroup.org/) [GNU/Linux València gnulinuxvalencia.org](https://gnulinuxvalencia.org/)\n\n## 大家怎么说\n\n### 科技媒体\n\n> \"Android app store provider Aptoide hits Google with fresh lawsuit alleging monopoly and anticompetitive chokehold\"\n> \n> [Benzinga](https://www.benzinga.com/news/legal/26/04/51822171/android-app-store-provider-hits-google-with-fresh-lawsuit-alleging-monopoly-and-anticompetitive-chokeh)\n\n> \"I've been an Android user for almost 15 years -- and Google's sideloading changes are pushing me back to iPhone\"\n> \n> [Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/ive-been-an-android-user-for-almost-15-years-and-googles-sideloading-changes-are-pushing-me-back-to-iphone)\n\n> \"Keep Android Open\"\n> \n> [Linux Magazine](https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Keep-Android-Open)\n\n> \"F-Droid Says Google Is Lying About the Future of Sideloading on Android\"\n> \n> [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/f-droid-says-google-is-lying-about-the-future-of-sideloading-on-android/)\n\n> \"Google's Requirement For All Android Developers To Register And Be Verified Threatens To Close Down Open Source App Store F-Droid\"\n> \n> [Techdirt](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-all-android-developers-to-register-and-be-verified-threatens-to-close-down-open-source-app-store-f-droid/)\n\n> \"Google's Attack on Sideloading Will Rob Android of One of Its Best Features\"\n> \n> [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/googles-attack-on-sideloading-will-rob-android-of-one-of-its-best-features/)\n\n> \"Google's Attack on Sideloading Will Rob Android of One of Its Best Features\"\n> \n> [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/googles-attack-on-sideloading-will-rob-android-of-one-of-its-best-features/)\n\n> \"Google Clamps down On Android's Openness\"\n> \n> [Internet Freedom Foundation (India)](https://internetfreedom.in/google-clamps-down-on-androids-openness/)\n\n> \"Keep Android Open – Abwehr gegen Verbot anonymer Apps von Google\"\n> \n> [heise online](https://www.heise.de/news/Keep-Android-Open-Abwehr-gegen-Verbot-anonymer-Apps-von-Google-10965483.html)\n\n> \"An 'existential' threat to alternative app stores\"\n> \n> [The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/)\n\n> \"Android, Epic, and What's Really Behind Google's 'Existential' Threat to F-Droid\"\n> \n> [Slashdot](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/16/0255231/android-epic-and-whats-really-behind-googles-existential-threat-to-f-droid)\n\n> \"Google's New Developer Rules Threaten to End the F-Droid Open-Source App Store\"\n> \n> [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/googles-new-developer-rules-threaten-to-end-the-f-droid-open-source-app-store/)\n\n> \"Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading\"\n> \n> [9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/)\n\n> \"Over 67 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play\"\n> \n> [The Register](https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/google_android_developer_verification_plan/)\n\n> \"Google is restricting one of Android's most important features, and users are outraged\"\n> \n> [SlashGear](https://www.slashgear.com/1962802/google-restricting-important-android-feature-reason-why-users-outraged/)\n\n> \"Google's developer registration 'decree' means the end for alternative app stores\"\n> \n> [Cybernews](https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/)\n\n> \"F-Droid Slams Google for Misleading Users About Android's App Verification\"\n> \n> [Android Headlines](https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/10/f-droid-google-misleading-android-app-sideloading-verification-rules.html)\n\n> \"Open-Source Android Apps Threatened by Google's New Policy\"\n> \n> [Datamation](https://www.datamation.com/open-source/android-apps-google-policy/)\n\n> \"This will wipe out Android as an actual alternative to Apple's mobile OS offerings.\"\n> \n> [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/)\n\n> \"Google kneecaps indie Android devs, forces them to register\"\n> \n> [The Register](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/)\n\n> \"Google says it's making Android sideloading 'high-friction' to better warn users about potential risks\"\n> \n> [XDA Developers](https://www.xda-developers.com/google-making-android-sideloading-high-friction-to-better-warn-users-about-risks/)\n\n> \"F-Droid Says Google Is Lying About the Future of Sideloading on Android\"\n> \n> [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/f-droid-says-google-is-lying-about-the-future-of-sideloading-on-android/)\n\n> \"Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google's New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy\"\n> \n> [It's FOSS News](https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/)\n\n> \"We all know that's a load of bullshit. Adding a goddamn 24-hour waiting period is batshit insanity.\"\n> \n> Thom Holwerda, [OSnews](https://www.osnews.com/story/144635/google-to-introduce-overly-onerous-hoops-to-prevent-sideloading/)\n\n> \"Resistance to Google's Android verification grows among developers\"\n> \n> [Techzine EU](https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/135878/resistance-to-googles-android-verification-grows-among-developers/)\n\n> \"Sideloading on Android? Soon It'll Be Like a TSA Check for Apps\"\n> \n> [Android Headlines](https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/08/sideloading-on-android-soon-itll-be-like-a-tsa-check-for-apps.html)\n\n> \"'Keep Android Open' Movement Challenges Google's Developer Verification Rule\"\n> \n> [Open Source For U](https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/10/keep-android-open-movement-challenges-googles-developer-verification-rule/)\n\n> \"Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project'\"\n> \n> [The Register](https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will/)\n\n> \"F-Droid project threatened by Google's new dev registration rules\"\n> \n> [Bleeping Computer](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/f-droid-project-threatened-by-googles-new-dev-registration-rules/)\n\n> \"Google will make you wait 24 hours to sideload Android apps\"\n> \n> [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/google-will-make-you-wait-24-hours-to-sideload-android-apps/)\n\n> \"Open letter warns mandatory registration 'threatens innovation, competition, privacy and user freedom'\"\n> \n> [Infosecurity Magazine](https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-android-dev-verification/)\n\n> \"It effectively makes the Play Store a monopoly without actually mandating that it is a monopoly.\"\n> \n> [I-Programmer](https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18419-join-the-protest-against-the-closing-of-android.html)\n\n> \"Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store\"\n> \n> [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/google-will-require-developer-verification-for-android-apps-outside-the-play-store/)\n\n> \"Google plans to block side-loading like Apple, declaring war on Android freedom\"\n> \n> [Tuta Blog](https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google)\n\n> \"Google's Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android's open legacy\"\n> \n> [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/with-developer-verification-googles-apple-envy-threatens-to-dismantle-androids-open-legacy/)\n\n> \"F-Droid says Google's new sideloading restrictions will kill the project\"\n> \n> [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/)\n\n> \"Google's New Developer ID Rule Could Harm F-Droid\"\n> \n> [Reclaim The Net](https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-android-id-rule-threatens-f-droids-future)\n\n> \"Sideloading on Android? Soon It'll Be Like a TSA Check for Apps\"\n> \n> [Android Headlines](https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/08/sideloading-on-android-soon-itll-be-like-a-tsa-check-for-apps.html)\n\n> \"I've been an Android user for almost 15 years -- and Google's sideloading changes are pushing me back to iPhone\"\n> \n> [Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/ive-been-an-android-user-for-almost-15-years-and-googles-sideloading-changes-are-pushing-me-back-to-iphone)\n\n> \"Google's new ID requirements could destroy independent app stores\"\n> \n> [TechSpot](https://www.techspot.com/news/109728-google-confirms-new-android-rules-significantly-restrict-app.html)\n\n> \"Sideloading is dead for all intents and purposes. The Android you know and love is slowly disappearing.\"\n> \n> [Android Police](https://www.androidpolice.com/android-is-losing-what-made-it-special/)\n\n> \"Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet\"\n> \n> [MakeUseOf](https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/)\n\n> \"Google's Android developer verification program draws pushback\"\n> \n> [InfoWorld](https://www.infoworld.com/article/4138121/googles-android-developer-verification-program-draws-pushback.html)\n\n> \"Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google's New Decree\"\n> \n> [TechRepublic](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-f-droid-warns-google-developer-decree-open-source-android/)\n\n> \"Google's new developer rules could threaten sideloading and F-Droid's future\"\n> \n> [Gizmochina](https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/)\n\n> \"Google will verify Android developers distributing apps outside the Play store\"\n> \n> [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/news/765881/google-android-apps-side-loading-developer-verification)\n\n### 评论和分析\n\n> \"The $25 isn't the real cost. The chilling effect is. Submitting government ID to Google is a non-starter for pseudonymous contributors and privacy researchers.\"\n> \n> Arafat Alim, [DEV Community](https://dev.to/dev-arafat-alim/android-is-losing-its-freedom-googles-2026-developer-verification-explained-2b5p)\n\n> \"Every additional bureaucratic hurdle reduces diversity in the software ecosystem and concentrates power in large established players.\"\n> \n> Mikhail Korotaev, [Nextcloud Blog](https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter-android-developer-verification-program/)\n\n> \"Android is not open anymore. It's not an alternative. It's not even trying. It's iOS with ads and spyware bolted on.\"\n> \n> fireborn, [mataroa.blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"Google's attempts to make Android 'more secure' are, in fact, increasing the risk for Android users. The more friction you introduce in the name of security, the more likely users will attempt to bypass security completely.\"\n> \n> Ken Buckler, [Enterprise Management Associates](https://blog.enterprisemanagement.com/googles-new-android-developer-verification-will-increase-device-security-risk-for-power-users)\n\n> \"Google is turning sideloading from a right into a permission slip, and the open-source community has until September to convince it otherwise.\"\n> \n> [Reclaim The Net](https://reclaimthenet.org/open-letter-google-android-developer-verification-policy-criticism-2026)\n\n> \"Google isn't certifying apps, they're certifying developers. This implies that the company can somehow predict whether a developer will do something malicious in the future.\"\n> \n> Cory Doctorow, [Pluralistic](https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/)\n\n> \"Innovation may be the biggest casualty in all of this. This new rule erodes your right to make informed decisions about your own devices.\"\n> \n> [MakeUseOf](https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/)\n\n> \"Google's story that this move is motivated by security is obviously bullshit. The idea that Google can improve Android's safety by certifying developers, rather than code, is obvious bullshit.\"\n> \n> Cory Doctorow, [Pluralistic](https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/)\n\n> \"Sideloading, a longstanding pillar of Android's openness, is now being marginalized, placing the Android platform closer to the walled-garden approach of Apple's iOS.\"\n> \n> [Purism](https://puri.sm/posts/google-restricts-android-sideloading-what-it-means-for-user-autonomy-and-the-future-of-mobile-freedom/)\n\n> \"Developers from sanctioned countries or those without Google Play access cannot verify themselves. This creates systemic discrimination against developers based on birthplace rather than conduct.\"\n> \n> agnostic-apollo (Termux developer), [GitHub](https://gist.github.com/agnostic-apollo/b8d8daa24cbdd216687a6bef53d417a6)\n\n> \"Android does not just warn anymore. It enforces.\"\n> \n> Youssef Mabrouk, [Ostorlab](https://blog.ostorlab.co/android-requires-developer-verification-starting-from-2026.html)\n\n> \"The requirement extends Google's gatekeeping authority from its own Play Store to every alternative distribution channel on Android.\"\n> \n> [LLM Advocates](https://llmadvocates.com/post?slug=google-android-developer-registry-government-id-2026-india)\n\n> \"This is not about protecting users. This is about control. This is about Google cutting out the last remaining artery of independence in Android.\"\n> \n> fireborn, [mataroa.blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"This is a form of malicious compliance with the court orders stemming from its losses to Epic Games.\"\n> \n> Cory Doctorow, [Pluralistic](https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/)\n\n> \"Destroying F-Droid isn't some 'oops.' It's the mission. It's Google finally cutting the last remaining escape route and locking every single user inside their store.\"\n> \n> fireborn, [mataroa.blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"Once there is no such thing as 'sideloading', there's virtually no difference between iOS and Android. I see no reason to buy Android over iOS at this point.\"\n> \n> Thom Holwerda, [OSnews](https://www.osnews.com/story/144635/google-to-introduce-overly-onerous-hoops-to-prevent-sideloading/)\n\n> \"Google's move is not credibly about 'security,' but actually about consolidating power and tightening control over a formerly open ecosystem.\"\n> \n> [Techdirt](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-all-android-developers-to-register-and-be-verified-threatens-to-close-down-open-source-app-store-f-droid/)\n\n> \"Android wasn't supposed to be 'safe.' It was supposed to be free.\"\n> \n> fireborn, [mataroa.blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"Centralizing the registration of all applications worldwide gives Google newfound powers to completely disable any app it wants.\"\n> \n> Mikhail Korotaev, [Nextcloud Blog](https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter-android-developer-verification-program/)\n\n> \"What student is going to upload their passport to a trillion-dollar surveillance corporation just to share their weekend project?\"\n> \n> fireborn, [mataroa.blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"Google has announced what can only be described as a death blow to the open ecosystem that made Android. Under the guise of 'security,' Google is implementing draconian developer verification requirements.\"\n> \n> [AndroidSage](https://www.androidsage.com/2025/08/26/google-blocks-sideloading-of-android-apps/)\n\n> \"There is also the very real possibility that Google will leak your identity with the result that any apps with political implications could result in persecution and worse.\"\n> \n> [I-Programmer](https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18276-google-demands-dev-identity-for-all-android-apps.html)\n\n> \"This could turn Google into the effective gatekeeper for all apps on certified Android devices.\"\n> \n> [It's FOSS News](https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/)\n\n> \"This is not a developer account sign-up. This is comprehensive surveillance of the software development ecosystem.\"\n> \n> [PixelUnion](https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/03/google-closing-android-ecosystem/)\n\n> \"This policy represents a dramatic departure from Android's decades-old tradition of openness, in which developers could build and share apps freely without first submitting to a centralized authority.\"\n> \n> [Biometric Update](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/fight-over-developer-id-verification-reshapes-android-debate)\n\n> \"Android is no longer the scrappy rebel. It's just another empire tightening the drawbridge.\"\n> \n> [Newsfangled](https://newsfangled.co.uk/death-of-sideloading/)\n\n> \"Google has not removed Android's openness, but it is turning openness from a default right into a conditional, attributable, and tiered capability.\"\n> \n> [MerchMindAI](https://merchmindai.net/blog/en/post/android-developer-verification-sideloading-analysis)\n\n> \"Although Google's claim is that this is for 'security', it does not prevent the regular practice of scammers buying up existing verified developer accounts.\"\n> \n> Maya Posch, [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/)\n\n> \"One US corporation is placing itself between every Android developer and every Android user on earth.\"\n> \n> [PixelUnion](https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/03/google-closing-android-ecosystem/)\n\n> \"Freedom of choice is being reframed as a 'security risk.'\"\n> \n> [Newsfangled](https://newsfangled.co.uk/death-of-sideloading/)\n\n> \"Google has announced that they are altering the deal. And telling us that we should pray that they don't alter it further. Block this policy change now before they wrap their cold metal hands around our necks.\"\n> \n> Jesse Wilson, [PublicObject.com](https://publicobject.com/2026/02/21/keep-android-open/)\n\n> \"The phone you bought and paid for is no longer really yours. Google decides which apps are allowed to be loaded on Android and which are not.\"\n> \n> [Tuta Blog](https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google)\n\n> \"The proposed Android Developer Verification program isn't a security update; it's a kill switch for the open ecosystem.\"\n> \n> Hillary Keverenge, [Tech-ish Kenya](https://tech-ish.com/2026/03/02/google-is-closing-android-but-50-organizations-are-fighting-back/)\n\n### 组织和公开信\n\n> \"Independent software distribution on Android will now require Google's explicit permission.\"\n> \n> [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-android-app-verification-requirement-petition.html)\n\n> \"Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship.\"\n> \n> [ACLU](https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly)\n\n> \"Google is turning Android into a walled garden monopoly. We must prevent it.\"\n> \n> [Osservatorio Nessuno](https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2026/02/google-is-turning-android-into-a-walled-garden-monopoly.-we-must-prevent-it/)\n\n> \"Google's abusive approach to the Android operating system has only gotten worse in recent years. Software freedom is sorely lacking in the 'computers in our pockets' we call cell phones.\"\n> \n> [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/app-verification-isnt-googles-only-evil)\n\n> \"Verification just confirms who's behind the app, it doesn't guarantee clean code or rule out malicious behavior.\"\n> \n> [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-android-app-verification-requirement-petition.html)\n\n> \"Android's biggest strength has always been its openness. That's what attracted developers and users in the first place.\"\n> \n> [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-android-app-verification-requirement-petition.html)\n\n> \"When you set up a gate, you invite authorities to use it to block things they don't like. And when you build a database, you invite governments to try to get access.\"\n> \n> [Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship)\n\n> \"Centralised, intransparent security architectures certainly help secure monetization and the market by locking out competitors.\"\n> \n> [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter-android-developer-verification-program/)\n\n> \"Google will cut off independent developers to Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like F-Droid and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.\"\n> \n> [KDE](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-supports-the-keep-android-open-campaign/44777)\n\n> \"If it were to be put into effect, the developer registration decree will end the F-Droid project and other free/open source app distribution sources as we know them today.\"\n> \n> [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html)\n\n> \"Developers who build privacy-first browsers, encrypted messaging apps, VPNs, Tor-based software or tools for journalists and activists would be required to upload government ID to Google. These developers are unlikely to trust Google and might stop developing for Android.\"\n> \n> [Brave](https://brave.com/blog/keep-android-open/)\n\n> \"Forcing software creators into a centralized registration scheme is as egregious as forcing writers and artists to register with a central authority.\"\n> \n> [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/2025/10/28/sideloading.html)\n\n> \"For developers building tools specifically designed to protect user privacy, being forced to surrender their own personal data as a precondition for distribution is deeply contradictory.\"\n> \n> [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-android-app-verification-requirement-petition.html)\n\n> \"A policy that forces every Android developer to hand their identity to Google, regardless of whether they use Google's services, makes Android a less-open and less-private platform.\"\n> \n> [Brave](https://brave.com/blog/keep-android-open/)\n\n> \"While Android used to be praised for its freedom and independence, it will become a closed shop just like Apple.\"\n> \n> [Tuta](https://tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom)\n\n> \"Unilaterally consolidating power to approve software into the hands of a single unaccountable corporation is a threat to digital sovereignty everywhere.\"\n> \n> [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter-android-developer-verification-program/)\n\n> \"This invasion of privacy of developers is not just an overreach of Google's authority over Android, but also jeopardizes developer safety.\"\n> \n> [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/24/keep-android-open/)\n\n> \"Google Play itself has repeatedly hosted malware, proving that corporate gatekeeping doesn't guarantee user protection.\"\n> \n> [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html)\n\n> \"A centralized global registration system for Android will inevitably chill this work. Those communities are likely to drop out of developing for Android altogether.\"\n> \n> [Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship)\n\n> \"There are governments who might very much like to know the names of the developers of those applications so that they can go after them.\"\n> \n> [Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/googles-new-android-sideloading-rules-start-august-2026/)\n\n> \"This is a profound change, one that shatters the entire premise of the Android ecosystem, long regarded as the antithesis of the closed Apple ecosystem.\"\n> \n> [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-android-app-verification-requirement-petition.html)\n\n> \"The European Pirate Party called for proportionate and transparent measures that ensure security without restricting innovation, limiting anonymity, or distorting competition.\"\n> \n> [European Pirate Party](https://europeanpirates.eu/european-pirate-partys-stance-on-googles-android-developer-verification-requirement/)\n\n> \"We unequivocally advise against signing up for this program, now or ever.\"\n> \n> [F-Droid Open Letter](https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html)\n\n> \"Ultimately, Google's plan will stop you from owning your Android phone.\"\n> \n> [Tuta](https://tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom)\n\n> \"Changes would impose barriers to entry for individual developers, small teams and volunteer projects by imposing fees, identity checks and terms that may not align with the principles of an open ecosystem.\"\n> \n> [Infosecurity Magazine](https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-android-dev-verification/)\n\n> \"Google's developer verification policy creates a centralized database, controlled by a single corporation, containing the real-world identity of every person who writes software for Android.\"\n> \n> [Brave](https://brave.com/blog/keep-android-open/)\n\n> \"Developers who choose not to use Google's services should not be forced to register with, and submit to the judgement of, Google.\"\n> \n> [Open letter, over 67 signatory organizations](https://reclaimthenet.org/open-letter-google-android-developer-verification-policy-criticism-2026)\n\n> \"Remember: It's your phone, your data, your freedom. Don't let Google take it away.\"\n> \n> [Tuta](https://tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom)\n\n> \"Nearly 50 organizations published an open letter opposing what they characterize as a 'kill switch for the open ecosystem.'\"\n> \n> [Tech-ish Kenya](https://tech-ish.com/2026/03/02/google-is-closing-android-but-50-organizations-are-fighting-back/)\n\n> \"We are running out of time until Google becomes the gate-keeper of all users devices.\"\n> \n> [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html)\n\n> \"MEP Christel Schaldemose formally questioned whether Google's mandatory central registration is compatible with the Digital Markets Act.\"\n> \n> [European Parliament](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2026-001419_EN.html)\n\n> \"This extends Google's gatekeeping authority beyond its own marketplace into distribution channels where it has no legitimate operational role.\"\n> \n> [Open letter, over 67 signatory organizations](https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/google_android_developer_verification_plan/)\n\n### YouTube 博主和创作者\n\n> \"Google is doing to Android what Microsoft once tried to do to the web. Embrace, extend, extinguish. Just wrapped in a shinier open-source package.\"\n> \n> ChiefGyk3D – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOPzixHoLY)\n\n> \"A world where two tech companies from the same city that dominate all of our mobile devices both require centralized developer registration is a world with one more lever for surveillance, one more checkpoint for censorship.\"\n> \n> Techlore – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU)\n\n> \"The fact of the matter is, this is my device. I paid a lot of money for it. I should be able to do with it what I want.\"\n> \n> Switched to Linux – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SOOoQWv4kk)\n\n> \"Google isn't testing this in the US or Europe first. They're starting in countries like Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. Why? Because these are massive growth markets where regulation is weaker. By the time regulators catch up, the damage will already be done.\"\n> \n> ChiefGyk3D – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOPzixHoLY)\n\n> \"Google is removing the one key advantage Android has over iOS.\"\n> \n> SomeOrdinaryGamers (Mutahar) – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dcNcOnuRAc)\n\n> \"This represents the last real safe place for free and open-source software in the entire mobile ecosystem. Once it's gone, it's gone. And we're going to spend the next decade trying to claw it back.\"\n> \n> Techlore – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsKY)\n\n> \"The widely-circulated narrative that Google already backed down from this is false. They didn't, and that misunderstanding may be the most dangerous part of the story right now.\"\n> \n> Techlore – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU)\n\n> \"I'm not using the word 'phone.' I'm using the word 'computer.' This has over 8 GB of RAM, a terabyte of storage. It's a computer. And I'm also not going to be using words like 'sideload.' When you download an exe file onto your Windows computer, you've installed an application. You haven't 'sideloaded' something.\"\n> \n> Louis Rossmann – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E)\n\n> \"Imagine Dell told you that you could no longer install any operating system other than Windows on your laptop. That's what Google is doing to your phone.\"\n> \n> SomeOrdinaryGamers (Mutahar) – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dcNcOnuRAc)\n\n> \"Google decides what's safe for you, and you don't get a say.\"\n> \n> fireborn – [Blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"Google is setting a requirement that only they can fulfill, forcing developers to go through Google and killing off thousands of apps. Countless users stranded.\"\n> \n> Techlore – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsKY)\n\n> \"Follow the money. Google makes money when apps are downloaded from its store. Google has completely forgotten about its earlier company motto: Don't be evil.\"\n> \n> Tuta Blog – [Blog](https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google)\n\n> \"That's not openness. That is control.\"\n> \n> ChiefGyk3D – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOPzixHoLY)\n\n> \"Android has become what they set out to destroy.\"\n> \n> Linus Sebastian, LMG Clips – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R76VJtTDJ8)\n\n> \"This is an iPhone now. I didn't want to buy an iPhone. I use Android because it gives me freedom. If you are not going to give me freedom with my computer, then why would I buy your stuff anymore?\"\n> \n> Louis Rossmann – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E)\n\n> \"If I'm going to be trapped in a walled garden anyway, I'll take the one that's built properly.\"\n> \n> fireborn – [Blog](https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/why-the-hell-does-android-even-exist-anymore/)\n\n> \"F-Droid is basically saying that the new Google developer registration process will likely kill the open-source app store entirely.\"\n> \n> The Linux Experiment – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMqpm2Ahmt0)\n\n> \"Developers of privacy-focused tools and emulators will have to dox themselves, making them vulnerable to government agencies or legal action.\"\n> \n> SomeOrdinaryGamers (Mutahar) – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dcNcOnuRAc)\n\n> \"Your device, their rules. The phone you bought and paid for is no longer really yours.\"\n> \n> Tuta Blog – [Blog](https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google)\n\n> \"Google has been carefully watching from the sidelines to see what exactly it is that Apple can get away with.\"\n> \n> Linus Sebastian, LMG Clips – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R76VJtTDJ8)\n\n> \"I have really no more strong reason to not recommend you all get iPhones, because this just is pretty much an iPhone with a Google logo on it at this point.\"\n> \n> Techlore – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU)\n\n> \"Every single time a company takes away your ability to do what you want with what you bought and paid for, every single time they twist a knife, we have to point it out.\"\n> \n> Louis Rossmann – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E)\n\n> \"This means you can't sideload an app from an unofficial source. But it could also be used to lock the ecosystem so we're forced to install only Google apps on approved Google OS versions.\"\n> \n> Rob Braxman Tech – [Locals](https://robbraxman.locals.com/post/7230577/)\n\n> \"Google already can disable malware that they find on your device. It's already a built-in feature. So what is developer registration actually adding here? Is it security or control? You decide.\"\n> \n> Techlore – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsKY)\n\n> \"When you download applications, you've simply installed an application. I don't want to use words like 'sideload.'\"\n> \n> SomeOrdinaryGamers (Mutahar) – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dcNcOnuRAc)\n\n> \"Google keeps getting in as much trouble as Apple when Google is half evil and Apple is full evil. So there are probably people inside Google saying, 'Why not just go full evil?'\"\n> \n> Louis Rossmann – [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E)\n\n### 开发者和社区\n\n> \"Give me liberty or give me Symbian.\"\n> \n> masterofn001, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/comment/19053159)\n\n> \"They have stolen a free product and are now actively locking out the people who built it.\"\n> \n> TheTearMiser, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/post/44884898)\n\n> \"For 'security' -- always security with these assholes. They're just building the walls of the walled garden higher.\"\n> \n> lynxy, [Tildes](https://tildes.net/~tech/1ptz#comment-g9ko)\n\n> \"It's not cyclic. It's a ratchet and it gets tighter and tighter.\"\n> \n> BenjaminRi, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/c/7qayrh)\n\n> \"My Pixel 6 just broke, and after 15 years of using Android, I've finally been convinced to move to iOS. If I must live in a walled garden, I suppose I'll choose the one with nicer flowers.\"\n> \n> yonato, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794)\n\n> \"Making it harder makes it harder to treat ourselves. Software like AndroidAPS is unique. It's hard to find or very expensive and inferior in the proprietary market.\"\n> \n> pimeys (diabetic user on life-critical medical software), [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/s/uikg3e/open_letter_google_regarding_mandatory)\n\n> \"It took them 17 years to finally pull the cage all the way shut.\"\n> \n> Apocryphon, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45507173)\n\n> \"Google has no right to be my parent. As long as I can't reject paternalism, I don't believe for a second this is done with the well-being of scam victims as the main priority.\"\n> \n> gspr, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/c/lywddi)\n\n> \"Requiring a government ID to distribute software. Holy shit. If you are a kid and want to create a game for your friends, you better get that birth certificate ready!\"\n> \n> llitz, [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/)\n\n> \"If your country is ever in the crosshairs of 'American interests' and bears the brunt of its sanctions, it is possible that you cannot install apps from your fellow citizens. Your own local government, bank, and store apps.\"\n> \n> devsda, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794)\n\n> \"Play store is full of scam apps, F-Droid isn't, but Play Store is considered secure. It's all theatre.\"\n> \n> gcupc, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/c/tyaob5)\n\n> \"Twice I have had to deal with Google silently disabling my drone app to the point I had to buy an older phone to perform work. When I purchase a device that works with another device, under no circumstances should I be at the mercy of any updates they make.\"\n> \n> cbrophoto (drone professional), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/)\n\n> \"Antitrust action is badly needed. It is ridiculous that I need permission from my device manufacturer to install software on hardware I own.\"\n> \n> jim201, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569371)\n\n> \"'Sideload' is like 'jaywalking'; seeks to stigmatize humans being human.\"\n> \n> tejtm, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581761)\n\n> \"You have no right telling me what I can and cannot run on my own devices.\"\n> \n> MrZander, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45471149)\n\n> \"Google seems to actively hate people who develop for their platforms.\"\n> \n> hbn, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589779)\n\n> \"Can't come at a worse time. People are just learning to make things through vibe coding, and they're gonna want to put their own apps on their phones. And now Google says no.\"\n> \n> Serinus, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/post/44130515)\n\n> \"Years ago, I wondered how Google would try to get away with locking down Android and shutting the cage door after capturing such a large dependent user base. Now I see how they are trying to get away with it.\"\n> \n> chaznabin, [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/)\n\n> \"Google's own Play Store had over 600 million malware downloads. They keep talking about 'security' but their own store is crawling with fake apps and straight up malware while actual useful stuff gets buried or rejected.\"\n> \n> Historical-Employ129 (324 upvotes), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/)\n\n> \"Modern life practically forces you to put all your eggs into a phone controlled by one of two profit-seeking companies.\"\n> \n> koala, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/c/myrxph)\n\n> \"We are talking about something categorically worse than vendor lock-in: Collective vendor lock-in.\"\n> \n> anordal, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/s/ckm3vb/what_we_talk_about_when_we_talk_about)\n\n> \"Google wants the authority of a gatekeeper without the overhead of human accountability.\"\n> \n> afferi300rina, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584305)\n\n> \"I hate this so much. More and more I get the feeling I have no control over the devices I own. My fear is that Windows will eventually follow. For security reasons of course. It's the path we're on now.\"\n> \n> cheesyvoetjes, [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/)\n\n> \"Don't beg. Don't get in a position that freedoms depend on the whims of a corporation or willingness of a government to regulate them. Build.\"\n> \n> jzb, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/s/uikg3e/open_letter_google_regarding_mandatory)\n\n> \"Social engineering is destroyed with education, not with restriction and control. Trading freedom for safety eliminates both.\"\n> \n> survirtual, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47453757)\n\n> \"All the banking and payment apps in India refuse to open if you have developer mode on.\"\n> \n> nibbleyou (developer in India), [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450009)\n\n> \"Signal, VPNs -- they'll have a list of everyone opting out of government-mandated backdoors.\"\n> \n> Max-P, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/comment/19748620)\n\n> \"Android is for everyone, provided they submit to Google exclusively.\"\n> \n> gumby271, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581715)\n\n> \"We need to start treating phones differently. We're entering a world where we can't choose what we run on them. Their primary purpose is to gather data on us and serve us advertising, they're engineered for addiction, yet engaging in the world is immensely difficult without one.\"\n> \n> specproc, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794)\n\n> \"The phrase 'sideload' is psychological propaganda we are all best off rejecting.\"\n> \n> WaffleMonster, [Slashdot](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/03/19/1832217/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps)\n\n> \"I buy a device with my own money, which I supposedly then own, but then I need to ask some corporation permission to use it.\"\n> \n> askonomm, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464771)\n\n> \"Any time someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you, and won't give you a key, they're not doing it for your benefit.\"\n> \n> vord (quoting Cory Doctorow), [Tildes](https://tildes.net/~tech/1ptz#comment-g9mp)\n\n> \"It is a disgrace how Google has managed this situation. The promised 'advanced flow' hasn't appeared in any Android 16 or 17 betas. Google is quietly proceeding with the original lockdown.\"\n> \n> fermigier, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092304)\n\n> \"Anyone else thinking this looks like a precursor to banning Signal and similar? 1) Put Google in control of what you can install. 2) Get Google to block it.\"\n> \n> harry8, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794)\n\n> \"You are essentially a child to them. The difference is society has decided not to step in to protect you from your abusive parents.\"\n> \n> globular-toast, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464853)\n\n> \"I want to deploy apps on my device. They are my apps, it's my device, and I should not be required to ask for permission to do so.\"\n> \n> fsniper, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449384)\n\n> \"Software gatekeeping is a threat to human rights. Just recently an app to track ICE was banned from the iOS app store even though this should clearly be protected first amendment speech.\"\n> \n> gthing, [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/)\n\n> \"Google selling Android as both open source and open to running any software you like in order to quickly gain market share, only to break those promises after driving competing platforms out of the market is nothing more than fraud.\"\n> \n> GeekyBear, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45507173)\n\n> \"Google's plan to require developer verification would give Google and governments the ability to ban any app.\"\n> \n> Zak, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45030968)\n\n> \"They're boiling the frog -- slowly removing features until all choice is gone.\"\n> \n> hn92726819, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45481701)\n\n> \"This isn't just a competition between app stores; it's a struggle for choice and dignity. Your phone shouldn't be a cage carefully constructed by others, but an extension of your own will.\"\n> \n> renshijian, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794)\n\n> \"If Android's sandbox and permission systems actually worked, then the mere act of installing an app from an arbitrary source would be as harmless as visiting an arbitrary website.\"\n> \n> mwcampbell, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/s/g1ktjl/android_developer_verification)\n\n> \"Whatever Google is doing kind of scares me. We have a big DIY community of diabetics in Germany running tools like AndroidAPS that cannot ever be distributed through official channels.\"\n> \n> pimeys (Type 1 diabetic, DIY medical software), [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/s/uikg3e/open_letter_google_regarding_mandatory)\n\n> \"The war on General Purpose Computing is the death of innovation and a direct attack on digital freedom.\"\n> \n> layfellow, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742488)\n\n> \"Once deployed, there's a near 100% chance of such a mechanism being used for evil.\"\n> \n> Zak, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/comment/19050889)\n\n> \"If the likes of Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and others have their way, you will not own your computer; those companies will effectively own your computers.\"\n> \n> RUs1729, [Slashdot](https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23834026&cid=65762948)\n\n> \"I still remember how in the early days of Android vs iOS discussions, the main point was 'but it's OPEN!' The word 'open' was used as a comma by Google people. It was The Thing. The Difference. Good vs Evil and all that.\"\n> \n> jwr, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742488)\n\n> \"The open Android I knew and loved is long gone.\"\n> \n> girvo, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464595)\n\n> \"I teach digital literacy and 99% of unsavory software I encounter on people's phones come from the Play Store or App Store. I will believe they're serious about protecting users when I see them do something about the crap ton of borderline scam apps infesting their stores.\"\n> \n> 1995ToyotaCorolla, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/post/44485196)\n\n> \"After 15 years of professional development on Android I too am now thinking about switching my focus to something different. And it sucks.\"\n> \n> MrDresden, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45471361)\n\n> \"Google now has a flag on my phone they can control remotely to keep me from accessing the apps I want.\"\n> \n> vala, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/comment/22791537)\n\n> \"The fundamental problem is that we are relying on the good graces of Google to keep Android open, despite the fact that it often runs contrary to their goals as a $4T for-profit behemoth. The 'don't be evil' days are very far behind us.\"\n> \n> paxys, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091419)\n\n> \"There's an entire genre of scamming where the scammers spend months building rapport with their victims before cashing out. One day is nothing.\"\n> \n> free\\_bip (on the 24-hour wait defeating scammers), [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444831)\n\n> \"Some time in the future, we will look back to this era and ask ourselves what went wrong.\"\n> \n> BenjaminRi, [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/c/k5ed7g)\n\n> \"This is a war on users that want to keep control of their phones and when it's done, you will not be able to escape the enshittification.\"\n> \n> ikidd, [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/comment/19757455)\n\n> \"If I go down this path, I will stop all development on Android. I implore all other developers to resist this. This will completely lock down the platform forever, there will be no going back.\"\n> \n> BatteryMountain, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794)\n\n> \"Android was never actually open and now they are abandoning even the thin pretense.\"\n> \n> Tiraon, [Tildes](https://tildes.net/~tech/1qii#comment-gisv)\n\n> \"Brazil government app refuses to operate with developer mode on.\"\n> \n> flykespice (developer in Brazil), [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47446268)\n\n> \"Computing is infrastructure. Personal computers are a means of expressing agency. This is like banning people from moving furniture around their house without approval from mortgage lenders.\"\n> \n> wervenyt, [Tildes](https://tildes.net/~tech/1ptz#comment-ga7w)\n\n### 请愿者的呼声\n\n> \"As a young developer, you need to stop! What you re doing will prevent anyone below the age of 18 from developing apps for their own purpose and installing on their device, which they payed for, imagine giving a toy to a kid, then putting it into a box that they can't open, that is what you are doing right now. \"\n> \n> Alex, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This whole security benefit is BS \"\n> \n> Jordan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Sideloading is not a term. It is called installing. Do not take our choices away. Isn't America proud of their freedom, so don't take ours freedom away. Our device, our decisions \"\n> \n> Quoc Huy, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I've always said the reason I was an android user and not an iPhone user was due to the fact that the system was not locked down allowing more advanced use cases. Not to mention allowing individuals to create their own apps and learn without being subjected to fees and restrictions. Can't wait for the linux phone sector to start growing in response just like what is happening to Windows / PC market space. \"\n> \n> Chris, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Limiting the installation of APK files (sideloading) is bad because it turns Android, known for its openness, into a \"walled garden\" similar to Apple's. This restriction strips users of their freedom, treating them as if they cannot make decisions about their own devices. Furthermore, it stifles competition and innovation. Alternative app stores, like F-Droid (focused on open-source), and developers testing their apps are directly harmed. This forces everyone to depend exclusively on the Google Play Store, giving Google total control over the market and what you can or cannot install, often under the guise of \"security.\" In the end, it's a trade-off of Android's fundamental freedom for centralized corporate control. \"\n> \n> Lucas de arruda, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I sideload and digitally mod a lot of my devices, and while I was just about to consider switching to Android because of this (and Apple's limit in storage), this sort of removal of freedom, even small and masked as 'the right thing' for security, just isn't right. There's already trust issues within Apple's app store, and the 'free' stuff doesn't support developers properly, so why copy paste the same issues that made people want to switch in the first place? How else will people get apps that properly support their device that aren't locked in some way or just won't? How else will people try and test prototypes of apps? How else will people... get this... have fun with the device they bought with money to have and physically own? And yet a company wants the money to steal more water and ruin immune systems of the future. This is totally 'the right thing'. \"\n> \n> Laura, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I love the freedom to use whatever program APK I wish and Appl........Google wants to take that away from us? Expect lawsuits in your future. BTW I HATE the play store, F-Droid ALL THE WAY \"\n> \n> David, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I've installed dozens to hundreds of APKs on my phone for years. Whether it's personal projects or open source tools. It's really the only defining difference between Android and iOS. Why is this even being considered by Google? \"\n> \n> Joseph, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Trying to avoid strangleholds and controlling policies like this is literally the exact reason i use Android over Apple products, this is a massive step backwards for Android that sets a major precedent for censorship and monopolization that i absolutely loathe, this WILL make me significantly more likely to avoid Android and use other brands in the future if gone through with. This isn't protecting anyone, it's just a sickening bid for even more power and control. \"\n> \n> Grace, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I've ALWAYS been an Android user and I've always been proud of it because of his openness, his liberty and many possibilities. That's Android. I don't want to see him fall and become an IOS version 2. It would be his death. I've never been interested by Apple, getting an Iphone never crossed my mind. If Android changes, I will have to think about seriously. \"\n> \n> Killian, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"What is an android without weird apps installed from a weird website... I'm just kidding but that is what make better android you can make anything that you want. but if you can't install apps from outside of the play store you are going to lose so much content and I don't talk English so well but for this cause I'm did learn... An android without free apps not is an real android. And I'm not talking about like all apps need to don't cost I'm talking of being free of install any thing that you need. That's all thanks for read and remember being free is better than being dreaming. \"\n> \n> Elias, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Just recently i started learning about how to install f droid to protect myself from g00gle and this is what happens?! death to big tech! \"\n> \n> Noor, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Ok,So as anAndroid User,It is known that Android has a very large freedom on apps,and that's also why many users prefer the system.And In This Way,Google's banning on apps is a killing action that ruins its powerful use.So if Google don't want to see it,PLEASE STOP THIS STUPID DECISION! \"\n> \n> Huang, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Google is an evil entity. I'm not surprised they're doing something evil. \"\n> \n> Justin, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I bought my phone to do what I wanted with what I paid for. Let me do what I want on something i own. Let me suffer the consequences of my actions. Your not my parent and let me be an adult. \"\n> \n> kea, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Turning Android into Google is pathetic \"\n> \n> Scott, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Google is heading down a dangerous path by trying to block or restrict APK installations from unofficial sources. This is a direct attack on one of the core reasons people chose Android in the first place: freedom. Android was supposed to be the alternative to locked-down ecosystems, not a copy of them. Let’s be honest about what this looks like. This is the same model used by Apple Inc. with iOS, where users are forced into a single app store, developers are squeezed by high fees, and anything outside that system is treated as suspicious or outright blocked. Android was never supposed to be that. Copying the worst parts of iOS defeats the entire purpose of Android existing at all. Sideloading APKs is not some fringe feature for hackers. It is essential for developers, for users in regions with limited access to official stores, and for anyone who values control over their own device. Taking that away is not about safety, it is about control. It is about deciding what users are allowed to install and where developers are allowed to distribute their work. Yes, security matters. But using “security” as an excuse to lock down the platform is lazy and dishonest. Users can handle informed choices. Warnings, permissions, and transparency already exist. Removing freedom entirely is not protection, it is restriction. If Google continues down this road, Android will lose what made it different and valuable. At that point, it becomes just another closed system pretending to be open. And if users are going to be treated like they have no control over their own devices, then there is no real difference left. People are not asking for less security. They are demanding the right to choose. And that right should not be taken away. \"\n> \n> Keep, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"It is and has always been important to be able to install an app. Countless times I get an app update that breaks something and I have to downgrade to the old version until it is fixed. This simple and necessary fix will not be possible if APKs are limited. \"\n> \n> Michael, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"As a kid, I used to think iPhone, and iOS as a whole, was great. As I thought \"people don't need alot of things, they have everything they want.\" Until I had a Google Pixel 6 Pro for Christmas. It became my tinkering device, and allowed me to access things, I never knew I wanted. And it allowed me to have access things that usually would've costed my family a pretty penny. By forcing verification \"\n> \n> Josue, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This is the sole reason that people choose Android over iOS and removing it removes another layer of customization that Android was known for. \"\n> \n> Isaac, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Please reconsider \"\n> \n> Calvin, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Freedom is the reason we all choose android. Android was my gateway into learning how to interact with software, running custom firmware. I now have a great job as a technician and plan to continue growing my career in the technical field. Android played a huge role in my development and it would be such a massive loss to future generations with people like me trying to learn. There is no reason to support android anymore if we are restricted. The only one that stands to gain is Google (and they won't win if they do this, we WILL cut support). We the people, the users, the creators, the developers, only stand to lose if this change goes into effect. \"\n> \n> Mason, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Hasn't Google monopolized enough? Let us have a right to our data, identity security, and development. \"\n> \n> Taylor, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"There is no point to using android if apks are restricted. If I wanted a phone to tell me what i can and can't do, I would get an apple, because at least I get better security and UI there. The android operating system is being stripped of everything that gives you control over your own device. If apks were restricted, I would completely degoogle my life. Big brother is watching you. \"\n> \n> Ben, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I had to begrudgingly install google on my phone recently, and it's so difficult to get it off. I'm probably going to install graphene on the phone in the near future, so I don't have to consent to everything and get tracked constantly. \"\n> \n> Hank, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Why are all these companies trying to push me to Linux? Do they not like money? \"\n> \n> Niel, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android has been the bastion for users who did not want to accept companies deciding what we do with our devices, it is imperative that users are granted the freedom of choice to install any software they wish, and to develop software to innovate and solve issues that Google or its partners decide is not worth their time. \"\n> \n> Hassan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Our phones, our choice!!! \"\n> \n> Robert, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I've been using APKs for years; games, apps, software. So many people might quit from this, and that can't be allowed. \"\n> \n> Bruce, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I like to have a choice to choose and I understand the risks, that is why I check, Google should not have monopoly over it. \"\n> \n> Rosalie, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"We need to stop the monopolies and surveillance of big tech corporations \"\n> \n> Tyler, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This is an insult to the hard work of the open source community on which android is built. Not even Google stands to benefit. If this goes through, I will not be doing business with them any more. \"\n> \n> Alexander, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"One of the reasons why we chose Android was its freedom of doing what you want on your device. Now we have to stop this limitation of a recognized right. \"\n> \n> Francesco, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"There is no valid reason to do this except greed and control. If someone installs malicious software on their own device thats their issue. \"\n> \n> Jonathan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This is like Linux changing into Windows \"\n> \n> A., [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I know I wont b buying another Google Pixel Phone (I have a 9XL right now) if this change is made. Why would I limit myself. Its why I choose to buy nothing by apple and never will. \"\n> \n> Chris, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This change would essentially make android comparable to iOS in the sense of the restricted amount of freedom we have over the operating system and how we want the operating system to function. This will also result in a constant battle between new \"crackers\" trying to find ways to spoof the signature system and Google patching the spoofs to keep the system restricted. This is not for security, this is corporate control over a dominating service they can milk for profit and add to their greed \"\n> \n> Simon, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I've always chosen to use Android because I want to have control of how I use my phone. I know installing something might cause problems, but after all it's my decision and my phone too! If I wanted to be \"more safe\" I'd buy a phone with iOS. Let the users decide how they want to use their phones at their own risk. \"\n> \n> Nicky, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"If this happens, Android will ko longer be an open platform with options. Google and other OEMS that they work with will be the only ones who can dictate what your own personal device can run. This also completely halts hobbyist and low income development by cutting off an extremely accessible platform and imposing a fee (Which could very easily turn into an Apple style subscription later.). So, people will not be able to easily to learn, experiment, and practice with mobile app development. Only the very few with sufficient disposable money will be able to do it. \"\n> \n> Jeffrey, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android users should really be given options for how to use their devices. It's unfair that they want to limit us after having given us so much freedom. While I understand it's to protect users, this measure affects independent developers, and even worse, forcing them to use Face ID exposes their faces to potential hacking and data leaks, since this is nothing new. I really hope this reaches more people and that they sign to try to show the community's discontent. \"\n> \n> León 999, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"How Google came about to be the say all of android is probably by phone users lazyness to learn or try other Interfaces then the default paid preinstalled apps.. \"\n> \n> Chris, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Hey Google, remember what you said? \"Be together, not the same.\" \"\n> \n> Christopher, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"More sensorship, more control, just another step into taking away the little bits of freedom we have left in this country in the things we love doing the most. I say no thank you, go away. \"\n> \n> Brandon, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Trading freedom for security is something that should never be accepted! When someone offers you security in exchange for your freedom, what they're really saying is: \"Give up your power and trust me not to destroy you.\" Imposed security is a leash. Freedom hurts because it leaves you exposed to chaos, but it's the pain of strength—the pain that forges sovereignty. Remember: \"Those who would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.\" — Benjamin Franklin \"\n> \n> William, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Keep the Android system free, that's what made me buy an Android phone in the first place, if Google goes through with this it means we're not going to be allowed to install whatever app we as consumers have the right to install. \"\n> \n> Lautaro, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"As the market stands the whole point of having an Android device over an iPhone is that you have more freedom over your device. Android is secure. Any claim that this change is for security is a farce. Unwitting users are not downloading random malicious APKs and then clicking through warnings to install them. It just is a non-existent problem. This change is about Google seizing power for personal gain. It's remarkably short sighted and foolish. If they're going to get rid of developer and subsequently user freedom then there's no reason to stay with Android/Google. I don't like Apple, but they already do security and privacy better and are in all other ways comparable. Google has had no claim to any kind of morality for quite some time, but with this move they are now so greedy and so stupid that they're actively working against their own interests. \"\n> \n> Steven, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android is supposed to be open, as a dirrect counter to Apples closed system. If you continue down this road, we will just make something else. Open source is a powerful community \"\n> \n> Serissa, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Because Google shouldn't force control on its users \"\n> \n> Jaden, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"They are literally going against the reason people even buy Android phones in the first place \"\n> \n> Lightis, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This is absurd and down right offensive that Google ever thought the thought that contradicts the core ideals for the Android OS! An android device that's no longer open might as well be Apple 2.0. In saying that, it will turn away not only the tech savy users in completion by 100% of them looking for another OS but in turn having the user who wants to express themselves in their Android device... If we wanted a closed source environment we'd conform with the rest of the world who knows nothing else but how to have the \"hive mind\" think for them and buy an apple. They do it, have done it and will continue to do it the best. Which, tbh, is ok!! Let them have their space in that of the most boring OS, app store, etc... If Google follows suit and actually closes up Android, clearly it will not kill the giant that Google purchased but it will turn away hundreds of millions of users to that \"boring side\" as in comparison, it makes NO SENSE for one to keep an Android over an iPhone when iPhone already has side loading and other exploitations to help us at the very least feel like we have some sort of control while going with the leading IP of closed OSs.... Android and closed should never be in the same sentence and I can guarantee when it happens Google will see lows they've never experienced in recent years nor could have predicted. However if the corporate overlords didn't think a backlash would occur when Google, likely the most predatory tech company in terms of their business practices who already enables the largest black market empire in that of call centers and scammers across the world to operate by selling our data to them and pushing their ads to the top of its results for the right amount of money. Who tf you think is gonna want to use a phone backed by said company when it's closing it's OS and changing it's TOS to basically \"we can see and use everything on your screen for whatever purposes we please?? Literally the largest data broker in THE UNIVERSE???? YEA RIGHT, WE'RE NOT FOOL GOOGLE, WE'RE THE PHONE USERS WHO ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO THINK FOR OURSELVES, Y'ALL FORGET THIS POINT?? \"\n> \n> Steven, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Aaaaaaaaae \"\n> \n> Sharon, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This errodes competition by giving Google more control over what content is easily allowed. Fundamentally, this is anti-competition and a way for Google to cement their ability as the \"taste maker\" for Android devices. \"\n> \n> David, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Removing the freedom that Android provides is not the right way at all. If this is enacted, developers will lose their privacy because they have to give their government ID to a tech giant that also has an ad firm and the OS will not be different than its competition. I got an Android device because of the freedom it gave me, and it's sad to have thoughts about switching to iOS. \"\n> \n> Zach, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I only have one thing to comment: Google just wants to make a profit, they are just being greedy. \"\n> \n> Joilton, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I will stop using Android if that actually happens and goes through, because what's the point then? \"\n> \n> Cederick, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"We should not be forced into using Google products. Our society doesn't function without choice and competition \"\n> \n> erik, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Why do company's always get more predatory and throw away reasons that adopters use them for? We need to be less loyal to services in general because they are not loyal to us. If there is no alternatives then remove a subscription (e.g. for storage), remove/replace a feature (e.g. Google Maps to a 3rd Party, or Chrome with Brave), add friction (e.g. use a VPN, randomize your identifiable info, switch OS's). React immediately although inconvenient, because they derive much of their value from how we behave as consumers, and we cannot be complacent. We can bite back, if for anything, if they get their way we will be only one step away from out the door (adoption of something and everything outside of the Google and Apple ecosystem including the physical phone itself). Example: Fairtrade running Graphene or Calpyx or e/ OS with a Brave default browser and search. \"\n> \n> Robel, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Big tech companies are more and more trying to restrict users and make them use their services. Anti-competitive practices are bad for the market and for the end user, so i definitely DO NOT support what google is doing. \"\n> \n> QByte, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"If Google chooses to block any apps they don't approve of from their fork of android, the community will move to other forks. This is already starting to happen and will happen more the more they squeeze. And I'll be hopping on that ship ASAP unless things turn around fast. \"\n> \n> Nayr, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I don't know what words will reach the ones that need to hear them. I'll just say I'm willing to switch, drop, or do what I think works for me. \"\n> \n> Daniel, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"then why get an android at this point? \"\n> \n> Kyarie, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I originally chose android so I can learn and make things with apk packages, modify my phone and practice security and privacy. Also to break away from the apple cult. If google goes through with it, that'll betray myself and so many others who feel the same. \"\n> \n> Christopher, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Show us a reason to use Android over iOS. It is this bit of freedom that makes us choose Android. Without it, we might as well save up for Apple products, which are solid, but less choice. It is the choice that makes Android worth looking at. \"\n> \n> J, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android is meant to be Open Source This essentially means people should be able to change their version in any way they want Yes, security is important, but to take away the freedom of what should be open-source and freely modifiable is going to harm android People will look to other OS, such as Sailfish, Ubuntu touch and others \"\n> \n> Jaka, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I bought my Android device because it was an open computer platform. Changing the rules now to force verification is a betrayal of users and a move toward a monopoly. Stop this restriction! \"\n> \n> Emirhan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"As someone who's used Android since Android 5.0 & 4.4.4, I think being able to download and install 3rd party applications is important for EVERYONE who uses any Android device. Sideloading is a key reason why Android is beloved by most of its users and a key advantage for most power users of many different devices which gives it a major edge over Apple's iOS platform which has many of these restrictions. The difference between Android and iOS for as long as both of them have existed is that Android has been designed since the beginning as an Open-Source operating system that was ALWAYS designed to be tinkered with by the user without needing to be beholden to the whims of the big company that owns it. TL;DR, Android is an open-source OS that is better than iOS because it doesn't restrict user freedoms, even if that freedom isn't always needed by every Android user. Keep Android Open! (save Android X86 too maybe as well!) \"\n> \n> Andrew, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Google, as a US based company, is trying to seize control over who can and who cannot create applications for Android. If you purchase a phone, you should be able to use it however you see fit. But now, if you want to develop a simple app for your daily use or for a small project that doesn't strictly align with Google or the US government's agenda, you could be denied the right to install it and even persecuted or doxxed. \"\n> \n> Ivan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Google should stop killing Android \"\n> \n> Rafael, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I signed this petition because Google is slowly turning Android into a locked down version of iOS and it's really frustrating. I bought my phone, it's my property, yet every few months they add more restrictions on APKs, more warnings, more blocks that make it annoying or impossible to install apps from outside the Play Store. Sideloading is something separate that I also want to keep fully open and easy. This isn't about security anymore it's about control and forcing everyone into their ecosystem so they can monitor and profit from everything we do. I want the freedom to install what I want on my own device without Google acting like a parent who doesn't trust me. Developers and power users especially need this ability, and regular users deserve the choice too. If we don't push back now, soon we'll have no real alternatives left and Android will lose what made it special in the first place. Please sign and share if you value your device freedom. \"\n> \n> Christopher, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"As an Android user in Australia, I'm deeply concerned about what this policy means for consumers worldwide. When I purchased my Android device, I chose it because of its openness and freedom. Google is now unilaterally revoking that promise with a forced update — without consent, without recourse, and without accountability. This isn't just a developer issue. It affects every person who believes they should have the right to control their own device. I've already contacted the ACCC and my local MP, and I urge others to do the same. We cannot let a single corporation decide what software we are permitted to trust. \"\n> \n> Kaito, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I think that there should be access to install whatever you want on YOUR device, and use it how you want to. \"\n> \n> Jamison, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"i liked playing gta sa on my droid dont ruin some kids childhood \"\n> \n> Husam, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Dear Google. You have paid games. Players are trying to get the modded apk. You slap them with an \"unsafe\" warning. Not all modded apks can be unsafe, some are. If you want free robux, steal some. Sincerely, Yaoi Ulshade \"\n> \n> Yaoi, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android has always been about freedom and an open option for not only everyday users but developers and artists as well. If Google gets their way this will be a devastating blow to privacy, freedom, independence and how people live their lives. Do not let them get away with this! \"\n> \n> Jonathan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I am not a dev, I am a Linux user who loves the openness of android. If Android becomes locked down, and the play store is the only option, my sovereignty and freedom is gone. GOOGLE, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE YOUR CURRENT COURSE. \"\n> \n> Gabriel, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Google and Android have built their empire on the promise of letting users modify, adapt or change what they wish on their phone. Taking this incredibly backwards step from what defined their values for so many years is nothing but a slap in the face to all who have supported these companies over all these years. Changing the base use of devices for so many will have knock on effects for security, in disability or aged access and of course a complete abandonment of privacy in all users. Please share this far and wide as this is the opening act to the symphony of absolute control and forced compliance to a handful of Tech companies. \"\n> \n> Robert, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Don't do this, I will never spend more than 100$ on an android or any phone ever again. Google, get smart. \"\n> \n> Jamell, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"If android truly blocks what are some of my favorite apps from developers I trust, I will no longer be using \"smart\" phones without root. It'll be graphine or flip phones, I promise you. \"\n> \n> R, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Mobile devices are tools, and tools must serve who uses them, not who makes them. \"Sideloading\" is what makes android so useful for all sorts of tasks. And if one's not convinced by the danger of letting large and unchangeable companies (or even governments in some cases) be in control of what you use everyday, then one should be convinced by the danger of turning your expensive phone or tablet useless by being allowed to use only a very small and limited set of apps. Android is an operating system! not a service for google to rule over! \"\n> \n> Wolfy, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"googleme dokunma \"\n> \n> Adım, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"There are Chinese individuals abroad who sideload Chinese app stores and Chinese apps on their non-Chinese Android phones to use those services. Chinese developers are very unlikely to verify with Google. This is a racist update from Google which will inadvertently single out Chinese individuals as well. \"\n> \n> Sunny, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"hopefully this does not become one more avenue for freedom and expression that gets restricted by corprate over greed and government overreach. \"\n> \n> manz, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Apple's censorship of the App Store is why I have an Android phone. This is not the way to freedom. \"\n> \n> Cameron, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"As an Android user for years, I'm honestly outraged by what they're trying to do. This isn't protection, it's control, it's obvious. \"\n> \n> Ryan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I can't let them have this. This world and especially these last years, tech companies think they can fully control you, utilized you, abuse you. Pls let this be one win for us \"\n> \n> Isaac, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android was built as a open technology which made it stand against other proprietary operating systems such as iOS. This decision is not about \"protection\". It is about locking the system in order to benefit from a lockdown system. Developing app on Android is meant to be about learning and testing in the simplest way without having to be \"an approved developer\". \"\n> \n> Albert, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Google. Seriously. Stop. You're becoming the definition of the \"don't be evil\" slogan that you've buried. You're making Android even worse than iOS \"\n> \n> Karkan, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I am one of many developers who rely on Android devices as a primary development environment. Using tools such as AndroidIDE and CodeOnTheGo, I build, test, and experiment with Android applications directly on mobile hardware. However, these workflows are already heavily restricted — particularly due to changes introduced after SDK API 28, where dynamic loading of certain native libraries became limited. As a result, many development-oriented applications are now restricted to sideloading only. In addition, the current Google Play requirement of targeting a minimum SDK level of 31 further limits independent and experimental development workflows. While I understand the importance of platform security and modernization, these changes unintentionally create barriers for developers who build, test, and innovate directly on-device. I also use Termux extensively to set up full Linux-based environments on Android — including complete distributions with XFCE4 and tools such as code-server or code-oss. This allows me to work with compilers, package managers, scripting languages, and development stacks without requiring a separate desktop Linux machine. For many developers, this mobile-first workflow is not a novelty; it is a practical and accessible development setup. Recent platform restrictions risk limiting not only convenience, but also the broader ecosystem of open-source innovation on Android. Numerous open-source contributors have invested significant time and effort into building portable Linux environments, developer tooling, and educational setups that run entirely on mobile devices. These projects lower the barrier to entry for students, independent programmers, and developers who may not have access to traditional computing hardware. If such updates continue to narrow these possibilities, they could effectively undermine years of community-driven work that has enabled Android devices to function as capable, flexible development platforms. Maintaining a balance between security requirements and developer freedom is crucial. Android’s openness has historically been one of its greatest strengths, and preserving that spirit is important for fostering innovation and supporting the global developer community. \"\n> \n> Vkrm, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Freedom to choose... With this new move by Google, that freedom is ripped away. Moves like this are things monopolies do, and Google has now proven it wants to be a monopoly. Android has been the staple of choice and open source since it's inception and taking that away is a slap in the face to every person who chooses to customize their phone, and create an experience unique and exclusive to them. Google, stop this foolishness by not forcing users and developers hands. They should have the freedom to choose what they want, or how they develop. \"\n> \n> Kevin, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Stop making anti-consumer decisions, the consistent downward trend of freedom from Android is distressing and ultimately it will bite back. I will be petitioning my congressional representation as well, Google is only uniting everyone against them. \"\n> \n> Josh, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Please STOP being evil Google-u promised it once but obviously those words were hollow & meaningless so just stop it. \"\n> \n> Steven, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"One of the few remaining features that Android provides over it's completion is a relatively open ecosystem for app development. Having to sign all apps through Google kills any motivation to have fun and develop apps for yourself and friends. Let's be honest, Android is not the best mobile operations stream. Openness was it's advantage. With that soon to be gone, there will be very little holding people back from switching over to Apple. \"\n> \n> Terence, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"What made Android unique was that you could download and side-load apps. It's what made Android different from iOS, and it's why I preferred Android. This isn't \"protecting\" anyone, and Google is almost always on the side of profit over consumers. \"\n> \n> Tyler, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"You have to ask yourself. What is google's motivation and it's simple power ingredient \"\n> \n> D., [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android is the Beacon of Freedom and Open market for many developers to create, test and use their software. Requiring Licensing and restricting this Freedom goes against the very Core of what Android stands for and was built for. It is UNACCEPTABLE for users not to be able to download whatever they want, regardless of Licensing or Approval. If Google closes this door, it will Forever Damage Android and Many users and developers like Myself will leave. There is no longer any reason to remain on Android if this happens. MY hope is that there is enough Sanity left to keep this door Open and fight to protect the Freedom of Android. Those who would give up their Freedom for Security, deserve Neither \"\n> \n> James, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Everything about this software/app lock out is beyond wrong. So is age verification. It is all beyond dystopian. George Orwell is spinning in his grave. My wife works in a major hospital and that hospital is already in a major panic because they have internal apps that can not be put out to apps stores for major security reasons. They have no idea what they are going to do when these apps stop working and can not be installed, used or updated because of these dystopian lockouts (i.e. blocking non app stores' apps from being installed; not to mention the major security risks of age verification). The app monitors many vital operations and medical equipment across three major medical facilities in the same hospital network; among branch facilities. It alerts staff and is used for many areas of communications in the hospital network. If this app can no longer be integrated into the hospital's operations network, the entirety of the hospital's facilities shuts down. I'm sure that if the hospital at which my wife works uses internal apps, then there are many other medical facilities that do also. A neighbor that I check on daily uses an app for necessary medical reasons. This app is not and will never be in any app store. Her doctors and the company that makes the device for thousands of people are in a panic. They can't just put this control/monitoring app out there. They would have to redesign the device's entire system and it could take several years. Plus, there are the major security risks. A friend has advanced diabetes and has a monitoring device stuck in his arm. The monitoring/alert app comes from the device manufacturer and not any app store. I also use medical apps that are not in any app store. I am also diabetic (not as badly as my friend) and disabled. There are several other people in my area that depend on medical apps that are not in any app store and are ONLY provided through a medical facility or medical device manufacturer. These companies do not put these apps out to these app stores for anyone to get their hands on for security reasons. If someone malicious got their hands on these medical device control apps, tampered with it, and re-uploaded it for patients to then obtain, thousands of patients could die. What am I and all these people that depend on proprietary and device specific medical apps across the country going to do when our apps/devices can't be installed or updated and just stop working? These dystopian app lock outs and the risks of age verification will put millions of peoples lives on the line and will have biblical level consequences. This all needs to stop immediately! \"\n> \n> John, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"The entire reason I have stuck with Android phones until now was my ability to INSTALL apps outside of the play store—key word install, not sideload. Even using that term is brainwashed lingo. A phone is just as much of a computer as a PC is, and I should be allowed to download whatever I want on a device a pay for. Especially when, in some cases, a laptop can be cheaper than a phone these days. This has always been a meaningful feature to me. Then there is the fact of censorship & creating a hostile environment for smaller dev teams. Having to pay a fee to Google, having to disclose IDs (this is also counterproductive to privacy focused apps). Any application that Google deems unfit, they can rip from the store. The 3rd party stores that Google will \"let us\" download from are no different from the Play Store. All those developers will still be subject to what Google is doing. If Android is going to become reskinned IOS, I would rather move to Apple. It's better optimized with many apps that absolutely DO NOT function near as well on Android or get updates way later than Apple. It's a smoother, cleaner product. Though, truly, I want to go to Motorola as they are planning to work with GrapheneOS which is privacy & security focused (which Google isn't! And this move is not making Android more secure!) These practices are anti-consumer AND anti-competition. Monopolistic, dirty practices. It's shameful that Google is still trying to act like they are an \"open\" system in the slightest while they actively shut out our ability to—again, INSTALL applications on our phone, which is essentially just a computer in our hands. Imagine if Windows did this, or even a Macbook. The free world is about having free choice, and this isn't that. I will absolutely be moving away from Android if this changes take effect. In the meantime, I'll take my in-app purchases to the actual websites behind them, use F-Droid & various places to download APKs to update in place of the Play Store. This is abhorent. TL;DR: Google is awful, hates consumer and developer freedoms, & yearns for censorship and growing it's monopolistic empire. I will be moving to any other phone if this happens. \"\n> \n> Jaden, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"Android giving users choice has been the staple point of android OS. Removing choices like sideloading apps is not the move. I develop apps for myself, I do not want to be \"an approved developer\" I don't have time nor care for that. This action also is the beginning of censorship, and monopolization of android OS. Android started as an open operating system, you have simply turned it into a reskinned Apple OS. Your choice to go anti-consumer is going to hurt. You are not \"protecting\" anyone 184 likes \"\n> \n> Gabe, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"I completely disagree because it is a form of Android dictatorship taking away the freedom to download apks like MT manager Play Story already gives an error when downloading and installing it, so please share this so that Google stops it. \"\n> \n> Ezer, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)\n\n> \"This angers me a lot. The things that I would say would only be suppressed, and I do not mean profanity. \"\n> \n> John, [change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/)","Timestamp":1784368426597,"PublicKey":"037E61251EB58FB7458C610B465C28C4F48D390D148FA4DAE2D948BBCF36384B0C","Signature":"3045022100D12525C520658CEF1E2EDCCE976617A8B106C1FD50982CE50CC316ABE39D0F8D022058725B9E05DF994B7D027C2568FA4528AC0606842727B159EC942B79C9E6A951"}