As someone who's spent ages cleaning malware and junk off relatives' Android phones, I'd prefer it if Google actively spent more time targeting junk in the play store, rather than pursuing developers this way.
I genuinely don't understand why they aren't policing the Play Store... On Sat, 6 Jun 2026 at 11:53, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-07-07 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected] > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-07-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected]
