2025. augusztus 25-én a Google bejelentette ↗, hogy 2026. szeptemberétől nem lehet majd alkalmazásokat fejleszteni Android eszközökre a Google-nél központi regisztrálás nélkül. A regisztráció része:
- Díj fizetése a Google-nak
- A Google Általános Szerződési Feltételeinek elfogadása
- Hivatalos azonosító bemutatása
- Bizonyíték feltöltése a fejlesztő privát aláírási kulcsáról
- Az összes jelenlegi és jövőbeli alkalmazásazonosító felsorolása
Mit jelent ez a jogaidnak?
➤ Te, a fogyasztó, megvásároltad az Android-eszközöd azzal az ígérettel, hogy ez egy nyílt számítástechnikai platform, és hogy ezen bármilyen szoftvert tudsz futtatni. Ehelyett 2026. szeptemberétől beleegyzésed nélkül frissítik az operációs rendszert, amely visszavonhatatlanul blokkolja ezt a jogot, és ki leszel szolgáltatva a döntéseiknek, hogy milyen szoftvereket használhatsz.
➤ Te, az alkotó, nem tudsz majd fejleszteni egy alkalmazást, és közvetlenül megosztani barátaiddal, családoddal vagy közösségeddel, anélkül, hogy a Google jóváhagyását kérnéd. Az Android ígérete - és marketing előnye, amit az iPhone-tól való megkülönböztetésére használt - mindig is az volt, hogy “nyitott”. De a Google egyértelműen úgy érzi, hogy elég zára van az Androidon, valamint elegendő szabályozási megszorítása, hogy most ezt az elvet előítélettel és büntetlenséggel eldobhatják.
➤ Te, az állam, átadod a polgáraid jogait és digitális szuverenitását egy olyan cégnek, ami megfelel az autoriter rezsimek bíróságon kívüli követeléseinek, hogy eltávolítsák a tökéletesen legális alkalmazásokat, amelyeket éppen nem szeretnek. A szoftver, amely kritikus fontosságú a vállalkozások és a kormányok működéséhez, ki lesz szolgáltatva egy távoli és megmagyarázhatatlan vállalat átláthatatlan szeszélyeinek.
Új: A Google nem “hátrált vissza” a fejlesztői ellenőrzéstől
Ellentétben egy bizonytalan említéssel ↗ egy “fejlett mód”-ról, amivel a “tapasztalt felhasználóknak lehetővé teszi, hogy nem ellenőrzött szoftvereket használjanak”, a Google leírása a programról ↗ továbbra is egyértelműen kijelenti, hogy:
2026. szeptemberétől kezdve az Android megköveteli, hogy az összes alkalmazást regisztrálják ellenőrzött fejlesztők annak érdekében, hogy a tanúsított Android-eszközökre telepítsék.
Mindaddig, amíg nem bizonyították, hogy meg lehet kerülni az ellenőrzési folyamatot indokolatlan nehézség nélkül, el kell hinnünk, ami a hivatalos oldalukon szerepel: hogy a nem regisztrált fejlesztők összes alkalmazása blokkolva lesz, amint a lezárás aktív lesz.
Hogyan tudsz segíteni
Fejlesztők: Ellenállás és elutasítás
Ha egy fejlesztő vagy, ne regisztrálj a korai hozzáférési programra, ne tegyél személyazonosság-ellenőrzést, és ne fogadj el meghívást az Android Developer Console-ra. Válaszolj (udvariasan) esetleges meghívásra az aggodalmaiddal és ellenvetéssel. Csak a fejlesztői beleegyezésen keresztül lehet sikeres az átvételi tervük.
Elriaszthatod alkalmazásfejlesztő társaid és szervezeteket a programra való regisztrálásról. Használj fórumokat, közösségi médiát és blogbejegyzéseket az üzenet terjesztéséhez. Helyezd el a FreeDroidWarn könyvtárat ↗ a kódodban, hogy tájékoztasd a alkalmazásod felhasználóit. Ha egy weboldalt kezelsz, fontold meg a visszaszámlálási bannert hozzáadni a tetejére.
Ha a Google alkalmazotta vagy vállalkozója vagy, és további betekintésed van a programba, például a tervezett technikai megvalósítás részleteit vagy a program további indokait, kérjük lépj kapcsolatba a tips@keepandroidopen.org címen egy nem munkai gépről és egy nem-gmail fiókból. Az adataidat szigorúan bizalmasan kezeljük.
Mindenki: Hallasd a hangod
- Telepítsd az F-Droid-ot ↗ az Android eszközeiden. Ha több ember használ alternatív alkalmazáspiacokat, nehezebb lesz azokat leállítani.
- Adj visszajelzést a Google-nak az Android Fejlesztői Ellenőrzés követelmények felmérésen ↗.
- Hallasd a hangod közösségi médián és blogbejegyzésekkel, és linkeld: https://keepandroidopen.org ↗
- Asztroturfing elleni küzdelem: amikor gyanús bejegyzésekkel találkozol fórumokon és a közösségi médiában, hogy támogassuk az irányelvet (“Nos, valójában…”), kérdőjelezed meg őket, és ne legyél szégyenlős.
- Segítsd ezt a projektet az oldal szerkesztésével ↗ és több hasznos információ hozzáadásával.
- Írd alá ezt a change.org petíciót ↗
Weboldal tulajdonosok: Mutasd támogatásodat
Add hozzá a visszaszámláló bannert weboldaladhoz egyetlen <script> tag-gel — nincs függőség, 20 beépített lokalizáció, teljesen testreszabható.
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.
United States
- Make a report to the US Department of Justice Antitrust Report Online ↗
- File a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission: Antitrust Complaints ↗
- Find your House Representative ↗
Alabama
- File a complaint with the Alabama Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Tommy Tuberville ↗
- Contact Senator Katie Britt ↗
Alaska
- File a complaint with the Alaska Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Lisa Murkowski ↗
- Contact Senator Dan Sullivan ↗
Arizona
- File a complaint with the Arizona Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Mark Kelly ↗
- Contact Senator Ruben Gallego ↗
Arkansas
- File a complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator John Boozman ↗
- Contact Senator Tom Cotton ↗
California
- File a complaint with the California Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Alex Padilla ↗
- Contact Senator Adam Schiff ↗
Colorado
- File a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Michael Bennet ↗
- Contact Senator John Hickenlooper ↗
Connecticut
- File a complaint with the Connecticut Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Richard Blumenthal ↗
- Contact Senator Chris Murphy ↗
Delaware
- File a complaint with the Delaware Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Chris Coons ↗
- Contact Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester ↗
Florida
- File a complaint with the Florida Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Rick Scott ↗
- Contact Senator Ashley Moody ↗
Georgia
- File a complaint with the Georgia Consumer Protection Division ↗
- Contact Senator Jon Ossoff ↗
- Contact Senator Raphael Warnock ↗
Hawaii
- File a complaint with the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Brian Schatz ↗
- Contact Senator Mazie Hirono ↗
Idaho
- File a complaint with the Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Mike Crapo ↗
- Contact Senator Jim Risch ↗
Illinois
- File a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Dick Durbin ↗
- Contact Senator Tammy Duckworth ↗
Indiana
- File a complaint with the Indiana Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Todd Young ↗
- Contact Senator Jim Banks ↗
Iowa
- File a complaint with the Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Chuck Grassley ↗
- Contact Senator Joni Ernst ↗
Kansas
- File a complaint with the Kansas Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Jerry Moran ↗
- Contact Senator Roger Marshall ↗
Kentucky
- File a complaint with the Kentucky Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Mitch McConnell ↗
- Contact Senator Rand Paul ↗
Louisiana
- File a complaint with the Louisiana Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Bill Cassidy ↗
- Contact Senator John Kennedy ↗
Maine
- File a complaint with the Maine Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Susan Collins ↗
- Contact Senator Angus King ↗
Maryland
- File a complaint with the Maryland Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Chris Van Hollen ↗
- Contact Senator Angela Alsobrooks ↗
Massachusetts
- File a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Elizabeth Warren ↗
- Contact Senator Ed Markey ↗
Michigan
- File a complaint with the Michigan Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Gary Peters ↗
- Contact Senator Elissa Slotkin ↗
Minnesota
- File a complaint with the Minnesota Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Amy Klobuchar ↗
- Contact Senator Tina Smith ↗
Mississippi
- File a complaint with the Mississippi Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Roger Wicker ↗
- Contact Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith ↗
Missouri
- File a complaint with the Missouri Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Josh Hawley ↗
- Contact Senator Eric Schmitt ↗
Montana
- File a complaint with the Montana Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Steve Daines ↗
- Contact Senator Tim Sheehy ↗
Nebraska
- File a complaint with the Nebraska Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Deb Fischer ↗
- Contact Senator Pete Ricketts ↗
Nevada
- File a complaint with the Nevada Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Catherine Cortez Masto ↗
- Contact Senator Jacky Rosen ↗
New Hampshire
- File a complaint with the New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Jeanne Shaheen ↗
- Contact Senator Maggie Hassan ↗
New Jersey
- File a complaint with the New Jersey Consumer Affairs ↗
- Contact Senator Cory Booker ↗
- Contact Senator Andy Kim ↗
New Mexico
- File a complaint with the New Mexico Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Martin Heinrich ↗
- Contact Senator Ben Ray Lujan ↗
New York
- File a complaint with the New York Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Chuck Schumer ↗
- Contact Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ↗
North Carolina
- File a complaint with the North Carolina Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Thom Tillis ↗
- Contact Senator Ted Budd ↗
North Dakota
- File a complaint with the North Dakota Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator John Hoeven ↗
- Contact Senator Kevin Cramer ↗
Ohio
- File a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Bernie Moreno ↗
- Contact Senator Jon Husted ↗
Oklahoma
- File a complaint with the Oklahoma Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator James Lankford ↗
- Contact Senator Markwayne Mullin ↗
Oregon
- File a complaint with the Oregon Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Ron Wyden ↗
- Contact Senator Jeff Merkley ↗
Pennsylvania
- File a complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator John Fetterman ↗
- Contact Senator Dave McCormick ↗
Rhode Island
- File a complaint with the Rhode Island Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Jack Reed ↗
- Contact Senator Sheldon Whitehouse ↗
South Carolina
- File a complaint with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs ↗
- Contact Senator Lindsey Graham ↗
- Contact Senator Tim Scott ↗
South Dakota
- File a complaint with the South Dakota Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator John Thune ↗
- Contact Senator Mike Rounds ↗
Tennessee
- File a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Marsha Blackburn ↗
- Contact Senator Bill Hagerty ↗
Texas
- File a complaint with the Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator John Cornyn ↗
- Contact Senator Ted Cruz ↗
Utah
- File a complaint with the Utah Division of Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Mike Lee ↗
- Contact Senator John Curtis ↗
Vermont
- File a complaint with the Vermont Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Bernie Sanders ↗
- Contact Senator Peter Welch ↗
Virginia
- File a complaint with the Virginia Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Mark Warner ↗
- Contact Senator Tim Kaine ↗
Washington
- File a complaint with the Washington Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Patty Murray ↗
- Contact Senator Maria Cantwell ↗
West Virginia
- File a complaint with the West Virginia Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator Shelley Moore Capito ↗
- Contact Senator Jim Justice ↗
Wisconsin
- File a complaint with the Wisconsin Consumer Protection (DATCP) ↗
- Contact Senator Ron Johnson ↗
- Contact Senator Tammy Baldwin ↗
Wyoming
- File a complaint with the Wyoming Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
- Contact Senator John Barrasso ↗
- Contact Senator Cynthia Lummis ↗
European Union
- Email Digital Markets Act team: EC-DMA@ec.europa.eu
- Contact DMA team: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en ↗
- Contact your Member of the European Parliament directly: https://zeyus.com/contact-mep-representative ↗
- Email Antitrust: COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu
- Complain to the EU Competition Policy ↗
Czech Republic
- Email: posta@uohs.gov.cz
- Contact the Office for the Protection of Competition (Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže – ÚOHS) ↗
Poland
United Kingdom
- Email: general.enquiries@cma.gov.uk
- Make a report to the UK Competition & Markets Authority ↗
Brazil
- Email: superintendencia@cade.gov.br
- Reach out to Procon (depends on your state) and Senacon ↗
- Note: Brazil is slated to be one of the initial 4 countries ↗ where developer registration will be enforced
Singapore
- Email: cccs_feedback@cccs.gov.sg
- Contact the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) ↗
- Note: Singapore is slated to be one of the initial 4 countries ↗ where developer registration will be enforced
Thailand
- Email: saraban@tcct.or.th
- Contact the Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC) ↗
- Email: info@etda.or.th
- Contact the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) ↗
- Email: contact@tcc.or.th
- Contact the Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) ↗
- Note: Thailand is slated to be one of the initial 4 countries ↗ where developer registration will be enforced
Indonesia
- Email: infokom@kppu.go.id
- Contact the KPPU for Competition Complaints ↗
- Note: Indonesia is slated to be one of the initial 4 countries ↗ where developer registration will be enforced
Switzerland
- File a report with the Competition Commission ↗
Australia
- Email: international@accc.gov.au
- File a report with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ↗
- Send a request to Australian Consumers’ Association (CHOICE ↗). Ask them to lodge a designated complaint to the Australian Competition & Consumer Comission (ACCC).
- Contact your local Member of Parliament or State Senator. If you don’t know your electorate, you can find it here ↗, and you can search for your Parliamentarians or Senators here ↗.
Japan
- Email: intnldiv@jftc.go.jp
- Contact the Mobile Software Competition Act (MCSA) ↗
- Contact the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) ↗
South Korea
- Email: kftc@korea.kr
- Contact the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) ↗
India
- Email: cci‑chairman@nic.in
- Contact the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ↗
Italy
- Submit a segnalation using the form at this page ↗ or send a Certified Email to protocollo.agcm@pec.agcm.it
- Contact the Italian Competition Authority ↗
Canada
- Email: info@competitionbureau.gc.ca
- Make a complaint to Competition Bureau Canada ↗
- File a report with the https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en ↗
Taiwan
- Email: ftc@ftc.gov.tw
- Contact the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) ↗
Turkey
Argentina
Mexico
- Email: denuncias@antimonopolio.gob.mx
- Contact the Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio ↗
Philippines
- Contact the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) ↗
Poland
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Chinese Mainland
- Contact the State Administration for Market Regulations (SAMR) ↗ by calling 010-88650000.
- Calling your local 12315 hotline. Note this may take extra time, as monopolies are usually dealt by the State Council directly. They are required to respond by law.
- Online at 12315.cn ↗. Platform only accessible in the Chinese Mainland to prevent cyber attacks.
Saudi Arabia
- Contact the General Authority for Competition ↗
- Email: info@gac.gov.sa
Contact These Consumer/Digital Rights Groups
- April (France) ↗
- Bits of Freedom (Netherlands) ↗
- Digital Freedom and Rights Association (Sweden) ↗
- Digital Rights Ireland ↗
- Digital Rights Watch (Australia) ↗
- Electronic Frontier Foundation ↗
- Euroconsumers ↗
- European Digital Rights ↗
- Free Software Foundation ↗
- Free Software Foundation Europe ↗
- Free Software Movement India ↗
- IT-Political Association of Denmark ↗
- Korea Consumer Agency ↗
- La Quadrature du Net (France) ↗
- Open Rights Group (UK) ↗
- Software Freedom Conservancy ↗
- Swecha Andhra Pradesh ↗
- China Consumer Association (Website only to be accessed within the Chinese Mainland) ↗
References
Overview
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
- “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 ↗
Miscellaneous
- Android Developer Verification Discourse ↗ by Termux developer agnostic-apollo ↗
- Opposition recommendations ↗