Hi there,
I recently signed a petition and wrote to the Competition and Markets
Authority about this, so I thought I might as well share it with you
guys too. Keep Android Open (https://keepandroidopen.org/) is a campaign
to stop Google from locking-down Android and requiring that all
developers sign its contract, and hand over money for a developer
certificate.
This would obviously hurt FOSS, and alternative app stores such as
F-Droid, so I assume at least some of you would want to sign the
petition too, so here's a direct link to it:
https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage/
There's also an open letter: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter
Best,
Hamish
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