In augustus 2025 kondigde ↗ Google aan dat het vanaf september 2026 niet langer mogelijk zal zijn om apps voor het Android-platform te ontwikkelen zonder je eerst centraal bij Google te registreren. Deze registratie zal het volgende omvatten:
- Het betalen van een vergoeding aan Google
- Akkoord gaan met Google’s Algemene Voorwaarden
- Het verstrekken van overheidsidentificatie
- Bewijs uploaden van de privésleutel van de ontwikkelaar
- Alle huidige en toekomstige applicatie-identifiers vermelden
Wat dit betekent voor jouw rechten
➤ Jij, als consument, hebt je Android-apparaat gekocht in de overtuiging van Google’s belofte dat het een open platform was en dat je er welke software dan ook op kon draaien die je zelf kiest. In plaats daarvan zullen ze vanaf september 2026 zonder jouw instemming een update naar je besturingssysteem pushen die dit recht onherroepelijk blokkeert en je overlevert aan hun oordeel over welke software jij mag vertrouwen.
➤ Jij, als maker, kunt niet langer een app ontwikkelen en die rechtstreeks delen met je vrienden, familie en gemeenschap zonder eerst Google’s goedkeuring te vragen. De belofte van Android — en een marketingvoordeel dat het heeft gebruikt om zich te onderscheiden van de iPhone — is altijd geweest dat het “open” is. Maar Google vindt duidelijk dat ze genoeg grip hebben op het Android-ecosysteem, samen met voldoende regelgevende beïnvloeding, dat ze dit principe nu bewust en zonder gevolgen overboord kunnen gooien.
➤ Jij, de staat, staat de rechten van je burgers en je eigen digitale soevereiniteit af aan een bedrijf met een staat van dienst in het voldoen aan buitengerechtelijke eisen van autoritaire regimes om volledig legale apps te verwijderen die ze toevallig niet bevallen. De software die cruciaal is voor het functioneren van je bedrijven en overheden zal overgeleverd zijn aan de ondoorzichtige grillen van een verre en niet-verantwoorde onderneming.
Update: Google is niet “teruggekrabbeld” van ontwikkelaarsverificatie
In tegenstelling tot een vage vermelding ↗ van een mogelijke “advanced flow” die uiteindelijk “ervaren gebruikers zou kunnen toestaan de risico’s te accepteren van het installeren van software die niet is geverifieerd”, stelt Google’s beschrijving van het programma ↗ nog steeds duidelijk dat:
Vanaf september 2026 zal Android vereisen dat alle apps worden geregistreerd door geverifieerde ontwikkelaars om te kunnen worden geïnstalleerd op gecertificeerde Android-apparaten
Totdat ze bewijs hebben geleverd dat het mogelijk zal zijn om het verificatieproces te omzeilen zonder buitensporige frictie, moeten we geloven wat er op hun officiële pagina staat: dat alle apps van niet-geregistreerde ontwikkelaars zullen worden geblokkeerd zodra hun lock-down van kracht wordt.
Hoe je kunt helpen
Ontwikkelaars: Weersta en weiger
Als je een app-ontwikkelaar bent, meld je dan niet aan voor het early access-programma, voer geen identiteitsverificatie uit en accepteer geen uitnodiging voor de Android Developer Console. Reageer (beleefd) op elke uitnodiging met een lijst van je zorgen en bezwaren.
—— Alleen door instemming en capitulatie van ontwikkelaars kan hun overnameplan mogelijk slagen. ——
Ontmoedig collega-appontwikkelaars en organisaties om zich aan te melden voor het programma. Gebruik communityforums, sociale media en blogposts om de boodschap te verspreiden. Neem de FreeDroidWarn-bibliotheek ↗ op in je code om je appgebruikers te informeren. Als je een website beheert, overweeg dan om de aftelbanner bovenaan je pagina toe te voegen.
Als je een Google-medewerker of -contractor met een goed geweten bent en je hebt aanvullende inzichten over het programma, waaronder geplande technische implementatiedetails of aanvullende rationale voor het programma, neem dan contact op met tips@keepandroidopen.org vanaf een niet-werk machine en een niet-gmail account. Je informatie zal strikt vertrouwelijk worden behandeld.
Iedereen: Laat je stem horen
- Installeer F-Droid ↗ op je Android-apparaat/apparaten. Hoe meer mensen alternatieve app-marktplaatsen gebruiken, hoe moeilijker het wordt om ze buiten te sluiten.
- Geef rechtstreeks feedback aan Google via hun enquête over de vereisten voor Android developer verification ↗.
- Laat je stem horen op sociale media en met blogposts, en link naar https://keepandroidopen.org ↗
- Bestrijd astroturfing: wanneer je verdachte posts tegenkomt op communityforums en sociale media ter ondersteuning van het beleid (“Nouja, eigenlijk…”), ga de discussie aan en wees niet verlegen.
- Help dit project door deze pagina te bewerken ↗ met meer nuttige informatie.
- Teken deze change.org-petitie ↗
Website-eigenaren: Toon je steun
Voeg de aftelbanner toe aan je site met één enkele <script>-tag — geen afhankelijkheden, 20 ingebouwde lokalisaties, volledig aanpasbaar.
Consumenten: Neem contact op met nationale regelgevende instanties
Regelgevers wereldwijd maken zich oprecht zorgen over monopolies en de centralisatie van macht in de technologiesector. Zij willen graag rechtstreeks horen van personen die hierdoor worden getroffen en zich hier ook zorgen over maken. Wanneer je rechtstreeks contact opneemt met regelgevers, dien je beleefd en specifiek te zijn over de schade die deze beleidsmaatregelen volgens jou zullen veroorzaken, zowel voor consumenten als voor de concurrentie.
Klachten hebben vooral impact indien ze zijn opgesteld door een burger uit dat land of die regio en wanneer de e-mail is geschreven in een van de officiële talen van het bestuursorgaan. Vraag om een schriftelijke bevestiging van de klacht en stuur eventuele reacties die je ontvangt door naar victory@keepandroidopen.org, zodat we deze kunnen publiceren en ernaar kunnen verwijzen.
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 ↗
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Arkansas
- File a complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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California
- File a complaint with the California Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Colorado
- File a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Connecticut
- File a complaint with the Connecticut Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Delaware
- File a complaint with the Delaware Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Florida
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Georgia
- File a complaint with the Georgia Consumer Protection Division ↗
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Hawaii
- File a complaint with the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection ↗
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Idaho
- File a complaint with the Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maine
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
- File a complaint with the Minnesota Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Mississippi
- File a complaint with the Mississippi Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Missouri
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Montana
- File a complaint with the Montana Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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Nebraska
- File a complaint with the Nebraska Attorney General Consumer Protection ↗
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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 ↗
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- 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 ↗
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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 ↗
Europese Unie
- E-mail het Digital Markets Act team: EC-DMA@ec.europa.eu
- Neem contact op met het DMA-team: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en ↗
- Neem rechtstreeks contact op met jouw lid van het Europees Parlement: https://zeyus.com/contact-mep-representative ↗
- E-mail de Directie Mededinging van het Directoraat-generaal Concurrentie: COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu
- Dien een klacht in bij de EU-mededingingsbeleid ↗
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
Neem contact op met deze consumenten- en digitale rechtenorganisaties
- 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) ↗
Bronnen
Overzicht
Artikelen en 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 ↗
Reacties in de media
- “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 ↗
Videoreacties
- “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 ↗
Discussies
- 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/ ↗
Officiële documentatie
- 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 ↗
Overig
- Android Developer Verification Discourse ↗ by Termux developer agnostic-apollo ↗
- Opposition recommendations ↗