Захаваем Android адкрытым

У жніўні 2025, Google анансаваў ↗, што пачынаючы з верасня 2026, распрацоўка праграм для платформы Android будзе немагчыма без цэнтралізаванай рэгістрацыі ў Google. Гэтая рэгістрацыя ўключае:

• Аплату збораў Google
• Пагадненне на Палітыку і Умовы Google
• Прадстаўленне ідэнтыфікацыйных дакументаў
• Загрузку доказаў уладання прыватным ключом распрацоўшчыка
• Размяшчэнне ўсіх дзейных і будучых ідэнтыфікатараў праграмы

Што гэта значыць для вашых праў

➤ Вы, карыстальнік, набылі вашу Android прыладу з верай у абяцанне Google, што гэта адкрытая вылічальная платформа на якой вы можаце запускаць любое праграмнае забеспячэнне на ваш густ. Замест гэтага, з верасня 2026, абноўленая без вашага пагаднення аперацыйная сістэма беззваротна пазбавіць вас гэтага права і пакіне вас на міласэрнасць і адзнакі што вам усталёўваць.

➤ Вы, стваральнік, больш не зможаце распрацоўваць праграмы і дзяліцца імі напрамую з вашымі сябрамі, сям’ёй і супольнасцю без заўвагі ад Google. Абяцанне Android — маркетынгавая перавага, якой ён супрацьпастаўляў iPhone — заўсёды была “адкрытасць”. Але Google ясна дае зразумець, што яны маюць такі кантроль і рэгуляванне над экасістэмай Android, што яны могуць выкінуць гэты прынцып з усёй прадузятасцю і беспакаранасцю.

➤ Вы, дзяржава, уступаеце права вашых грамадзян і ваш уласны лічбавы суверэнітэт кампаніі, якая ў мае досвед выканання пазасудовых патрабаванняў аўтарытарных рэжымаў па выдаленню абсалютна легальных праграм, якія ім не падабаюцца. Праграмнае забеспячэнне, якое мае галоўную ролю для кіравання вашым бізнесам і ўрадам апынецца пад кіраўніцтвам непразрыстых капрызаў далёкай і не падсправаздачнай карпарацыі.

Як вы можаце дапамагчы

Распрацоўшчыкі: Супраціўляйцеся і адмаўляйцеся

Калі вы распрацоўшчык праграм, не рэгіструйцеся на ранішні доступ да праграм, запрашэнні ідэнтыфікацыі ці прынімайце запрашэнне да Android Developer Console. Адказвайце (карэктна) на любыя запрашэнні, ап9сваючы прычыны адмовы.

—— Толькі праз маўклівую згоду і капітуляцыю распрацоўшчыкаў план паглынання можа быць паспяховым. ——

Адгаворвайце іншых распрацоўшчыкаў праграм і арганізацыі ад рэгістрацыі ў праграме. Выкарыстоўвайце форумы супольнасці, сацыяльныя сеткі і паведамленні ў блогах, каб распаўсюдзіць паведамленне. Уключайце бібліятэку FreeDroidWarn ↗ у ваш код, каб апавясціць карыстальнікаў. Калі вы кіруеце сайтам, дадайце банер з таймерам да загалоўка вашай старонкі.

Калі вы з’яўляецеся супрацоўнікам Google або падрадчыкам з чыстым сумленнем і маеце дадатковую інфармацыю аб праграме, у тым ліку дэталі запланаванай тэхнічнай рэалізацыі або дадатковыя абгрунтаванні для праграмы, калі ласка, звярніцеся на tips@keepandroidopen.org з не працоўнай машыны і не gmail поштай. Ваша інфармацыя будзе захоўвацца ў строгай канфідэнцыяльнасці.

Усе: Зрабіце так, каб ваш голас пачулі

• Усталюйце F-Droid ↗ на вашу(-ыя) Android прыладу (-ы). Чым больш людзей будзе карыстацца альтэрнатыўнымі пляцоўкамі, тым цяжэй будзе іх адключыць.
• Пакідайце водгук Google з дапамогай іх Android developer verification requirements survey ↗.
• Пакідайце свае меркаванне ў сацыяльных сетках і блогах, пакідаючы спасылку на https://keepandroidopen.org ↗
• Змагайцеся з астратурфінгам: калі вы сустракаеце падазроныя запісы у вашых форумах і ў сацыяльных сетках у падтрымку новай палітыкі (“Ну вось, ведаеце…”), кідайце ім выклік без сораму.
• Дапамажыце гэтаму праекту змяніўшы гэтую старонку ↗ больш карыснай інфармацыяй.
• Падпішыце петыцыю на change.org ↗

Уладальнікі сайтаў: Пакажыце вашу падтрымку

Дадайце банер з таймерам з дапамогай аднаго тэга скрыпта <script> — без залежнасцей, 20 убудаваных лакалізацый, цалкам змяняльны.

Consumers: Contact national regulators

Regulators worldwide are genuinely concerned about monopolies and the centralization of power in the tech sector, and want to hear directly from individuals who are affected and concerned. When contacting regulators directly, you should be polite and specific about the harm you believe these policies will cause, both to consumers and to competition.

Complaints are especially impactful when they are authored by a citizen of that country or region, and when the language of the email is written in one of the official languages of the region's governing body. Request a written acknowledgement of the complaint, and consider forwarding any responses you receive to victory@keepandroidopen.org so that we might highlight and reference them.

References

Overview

• https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Android_Developer_Verification ↗

Editorials and Blogs

• “An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification” — https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html ↗
• “Keep Android Open” — https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/20/twif.html ↗
• “Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship” — https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly ↗
• “Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship” — https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship ↗
• “What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading” — https://f-droid.org/en/2025/10/28/sideloading.html ↗ (Hacker News Thread ↗)
• “F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree” — https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html ↗ (Hacker News Thread ↗)
• “Pluralistic: Darth Android” — https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/ ↗
• “Google plans to block side-loading like Apple, declaring war on Android freedom” — https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google ↗
• “Keep Android Free and Open” — https://www.swechaap.org/blog/keep-android-free-and-open/ ↗
• “Join The Protest Against The Closing Of Android” — https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18419-join-the-protest-against-the-closing-of-android.html ↗

Press Reactions

• “F-Droid says Google’s Android developer verification plan is an ‘existential’ threat to alternative app stores” — https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/ ↗
• “With developer verification, Google’s Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android’s open legacy” — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/with-developer-verification-googles-apple-envy-threatens-to-dismantle-androids-open-legacy/ ↗
• “37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play” — https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/google_android_developer_verification_plan/ ↗
• “'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions” — https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/keep_android_open_movement/ ↗
• “Resistance to Google's Android verification grows among developers” — https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/135878/resistance-to-googles-android-verification-grows-among-developers/ ↗
• “'Keep Android Open' Movement Challenges Google's Developer Verification Rule” — https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/10/keep-android-open-movement-challenges-googles-developer-verification-rule/ ↗
• “Google kneecaps indie Android devs, forces them to register” — https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/ ↗
• “Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google's New Decree” — https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-f-droid-warns-google-developer-decree-open-source-android/ ↗
• “Google's New Developer ID Rule Could Harm F-Droid, Says Open-Source Advocate” — https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-android-id-rule-threatens-f-droids-future ↗
• “Google's developer registration 'decree' means the end for alternative app stores” — https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/ ↗
• “Open-Source Android Apps Threatened by Google's New Policy” — https://www.datamation.com/open-source/android-apps-google-policy/ ↗
• “Google's new ID requirements could destroy independent app stores” — https://www.techspot.com/news/109728-google-confirms-new-android-rules-significantly-restrict-app.html ↗
• “Google's Requirement For All Android Developers To Register And Be Verified Threatens To Close Down Open Source App Store F-Droid” — 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/ ↗
• “Google's new developer rules could threaten sideloading and F-Droid's future” — https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/ ↗
• “Google is restricting one of Android's most important features, and users are outraged” — https://www.slashgear.com/1962802/google-restricting-important-android-feature-reason-why-users-outraged/ ↗
• “Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet” — https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/ ↗
• “Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project'” — https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will/ ↗
• “F-Droid says Google's new sideloading restrictions will kill the project” — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/ ↗
• “Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store” — https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/google-will-require-developer-verification-for-android-apps-outside-the-play-store/ ↗
• “Google will verify Android developers distributing apps outside the Play store” — https://www.theverge.com/news/765881/google-android-apps-side-loading-developer-verification ↗
• “Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading” — https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/ ↗
• “Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google's New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy” — https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ ↗
• “Google Demands Dev Identity For All Android Apps” — https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18276-google-demands-dev-identity-for-all-android-apps.html ↗
• “Google Defends Developer Verification” — https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18356-google-defends-developer-verification.html ↗
• “Keep Android Open – Abwehr gegen Verbot anonymer Apps von Google” — https://www.heise.de/news/Keep-Android-Open-Abwehr-gegen-Verbot-anonymer-Apps-von-Google-10965483.html ↗

Video Responses

• “I Signed a Letter to Google. Here's Why.” — Techlore — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗
• “Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'” — Louis Rossmann — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗
• “F-Droid Will Die in 2026 Unless We Act Now” — Techlore — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗
• “Google is Removing Sideloading” — LMG Clips — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗
• “Google's changes to sideloading could end F-Droid” — Linux Weekly News — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗
• “Is F-Droid in Trouble? Google Developer Verification” — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗
• “Google is Applefying Android: The End of Openness” — ChiefGyk3D — YouTube ↗ | Invidious ↗

Discussions

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091419 ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1ralfa2/googles_sideloading_lockdown_is_coming_september/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/1rallch/googles_sideloading_lockdown_is_coming_september/ ↗
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742488 ↗
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794 ↗
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45507173 ↗
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569371 ↗
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742488 ↗
• https://lobste.rs/s/x1sdu5/f_droid_google_s_developer_registration ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n1m699/horrible_news/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n3jtrf/google_you_royally_screwed_up/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n0uy6g/just_received_this_email_now_you_can_get/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n2im4j/this_may_mark_the_end_of_android_development_for/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n0f41c/google_will_require_developer_verification_to/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1km8jof/google_play_developer_verification/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1mzw877/android_developers_blog_a_new_layer_of_security/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n7g0cc/to_all_android_devs_speak_up_now_before_you_lose/ ↗
• https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1oaj908/collection_of_actions_we_can_take_to_stop/ ↗

Official Documentation

• Initial announcement — https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html ↗
• Let's talk security: Answering your top questions about Android developer verification — https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html ↗
• Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback — https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html ↗
• Android developer verification: Guides — https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/android-developer-console#complete-identity ↗
• Android developer verification: Frequently asked questions — https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq ↗
• Introducing the Android Developer Console: A first look — https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/assets/pdfs/introducing-the-android-developer-console.pdf ↗
• Download an early look of the new Android Developer Console — https://support.google.com/android-developer-console/answer/16450960 ↗
• API Documentation — https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller#DEVELOPER_VERIFICATION_FAILED_REASON_DEVELOPER_BLOCKED ↗
• How the advanced flow works for users — https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html ↗

Miscellaneous

• Android Developer Verification Discourse ↗ by Termux developer agnostic-apollo ↗
• Opposition recommendations ↗