Keep Android Open

Em Agosto de 2025 o Google anunciou ↗ que, a partir de setembro de 2026, não será mais possível desenvolver apps para a plataforma Android sem primeiro registrar-se de forma centralizada com o Google. Esse registro envolverá:

• Pagar uma taxa ao Google
• Concordar com os Termos e Condições do Google
• Fornecer um documento de identificação oficial
• Upload de evidências da chave de assinatura privada do desenvolvedor
• Listar todos os atuais e futuros identificadores do aplicativo

O que isso significa para os seus direitos

➤ Você, consumidor, comprou seu dispositivo Android acreditando na promessa do Google de que era uma plataforma de computação aberta e que você poderia executar qualquer software que escolhesse. Em vez disso, a partir de setembro de 2026, eles estarão forçando, sem consentimento, uma atualização em seu sistema operacional que bloqueia irrevogavelmente esse direito e o deixa à mercê do julgamento deles sobre quais softwares você pode confiar.

➤ Você, criador, não pode mais desenvolver um aplicativo e compartilhá-lo diretamente com seus amigos, familiares e comunidade sem antes buscar a aprovação da Google. A promessa do Android — e uma vantagem de marketing que a empresa usou para se distinguir do iPhone — sempre foi a de que ele é “aberto“. Mas a Google claramente sente que tem controle suficiente sobre o ecossistema Android, junto com uma captura regulatória adequada, para poder descartar esse princípio com preconceito e impunidade.

➤ Você, o Estado, está cedendo os direitos de seus cidadãos e sua própria soberania digital a uma empresa com histórico de cumprir com as demandas extrajudiciais de regimes autoritários para remover aplicativos perfeitamente legais que eles simplesmente não gostam. O software que é crítico para o funcionamento de seus negócios e governos estará à mercê dos caprichos opacos de uma corporação distante e irresponsável.

Como você pode ajudar

Desenvolvedores: Resistam e rejeitem

Se você é um desenvolvedor de aplicativo, não se inscreva no programa de acesso antecipado, faça verificação de identidade, ou aceite um convite para o Android Developer Console. Responda (educadamente) qualquer convite com uma lista de preocupações e objeções.

—— É somente através do consentimento dos desenvolvedores que o plano de tomada de controle pode ter sucesso. ——

Desencoraje outros desenvolvedores de aplicativos e organizações a se inscreverem no programa. Use fóruns comunitários, mídias sociais e postagens em blogs para espalhar a mensagem. Inclua a biblioteca FreeDroidWarn ↗ no seu código para informar os usuários do seu aplicativo.

Todos: Faça sua voz ser ouvida

• Instale a F-Droid ↗ em seus dispositivos Android. Quanto mais gente usando lojas alternativas de aplicativos, mais difícil será de desligá-las.
• Forneça feedback diretamente ao Google usando sua pesquisa sobre os requisitos de verificação de desenvolvedores do Android ↗.
• Faça sua voz ser ouvida nas redes sociais e em posts em blogs, e referencie https://keepandroidopen.org ↗
• Combata “astroturfing”: quando encontrar posts suspeitos em fóruns de comunidades e nas redes sociais que suportem essa política (“Bem, na verdade…“), desafie-os e não seja tímido.
• Ajude este projeto editando essa página ↗ e adicione mais informações úteis.
• Assine essa petição em change.org ↗

Consumidores: Contatem os órgãos reguladores nacionais

Os reguladores em todo o mundo estão genuinamente preocupados com monopólios e a centralização de poder no setor de tecnologia, e querem ouvir diretamente de indivíduos que são afetados e preocupados. Ao contatar os reguladores diretamente, você deve ser educado e específico sobre o dano que acredita que essas políticas causarão, tanto aos consumidores quanto à concorrência.

As reclamações são especialmente impactantes quando são escritas por um cidadão daquele país ou região, e quando a linguagem do e-mail está escrita em uma das línguas oficiais do órgão governamental da região. Solicite um reconhecimento por escrito da reclamação e considere encaminhar qualquer resposta que você receber para victory@keepandroidopen.org para que possamos destacá-las e referenciá-las.

Referências

Visão Geral

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

Blogs e Editoriais

• “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 ↗

Reações na Imprensa

• “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 ↗

Vídeo Respostas

• “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 ↗

Discussões

• 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/ ↗

Documentação Oficial

• 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 ↗

Diversos

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