Panatilihing Bukas ang Android

Noong Agosto 2025, inanunsyo ↗ ng Google na simula Setyembre 2026, hindi na posible mag-develop ng mga Android app para nang hindi muna nagrerehistro sa Google. Kasama sa rehistrasyon na ito ang:

• Pagbabayad ng bayarin sa Google
• Pagsang-ayon sa Terms and Conditions ng Google
• Pagbibigay ng government ID
• Pag-upload ng ebidensya ng private signing key ng developer
• Paglilista ng lahat ng kasalukuyan at hinaharap na application identifier

Ano ang ibig sabihin nito para sa iyong mga karapatan

➤ Ikaw, ang konsyumer, ay bumili ng Android device na may paniniwalang totoo ang pangako ng Google na ito ay isang bukas na plataporma at maaari kang magpatakbo ng anumang software na gusto mo. Sa halip, simula Setyembre 2026, magpu-push ng update ang Google sa iyong operating system na permanenteng haharang sa karapatang ito at ilalagay ka sa awa ng kanilang desisyon kung aling software ang pwede mong pagkatiwalaan.

➤ Ikaw, bilang developer o taga-gawa ng application, ay hindi na makakapag-develop ng app at ibahagi ito nang direkta sa iyong mga kaibigan, pamilya, at komunidad nang hindi muna humihingi ng pahintulot sa Google. Ang pangako ng Android — bilang “marketing strategy” nito upang mas makilala laban sa iPhone — ay mula pa noong una, sila ay “open”. Ngunit malinaw sa announcement na ito galing sa Google na hindi sapat ang hawak nila sa ekosistema ng Android, kasama ang hindi sapat na regulatory capture, na maaari na nilang itapon ang prinsipyong ito nang walang pag-aalinlangan at walang pananagutan.

➤ Ikaw, bilang estado, ay isinusuko ang karapatan ng mga mamamayan at ang iyong sariling digital na soberanya sa Google, isang kumpanyang may history na sumunod sa mga extrajudicial na kahilingan ng mga ma-awtoridad na rehimen para mag-tanggal ng app, kahit legal, kasi ayaw lang nila. Ang software na kritikal sa pagpapatakbo ng mga negosyo at gobyerno ay nasa awa ng malabo at walang-pananagutang desisyon ng isang malayo at di-maabot na korporasyon.

Paano ka makakatulong

Mga Developer: Tumutol at tumanggi

Kung ikaw ay isang app developer, huwag mag-sign up para sa early access program, huwag mag-verify ng pagkakakilanlan, o tumanggap ng imbitasyon sa Android Developer Console. Tumutol (nang may galang) sa anumang imbitasyon, at ilista ang iyong mga concern at rason.

—— Ang tagumpay ng Google ay sa pamamagitan lamang ng pagsang-ayon at pagsuko ng mga developer. ——

Pigilan ang mga kapwa app developer at organisasyon sa pag-sign up sa programa. Gumamit ng mga forum ng komunidad, social media, at mga blog post upang ikalat ang mensahe. Isama ang FreeDroidWarn library ↗ sa iyong code upang ipaalam sa mga gumagamit ng iyong app. Kung ikaw ay namamahala ng isang website, isaalang-alang ang pagdagdag ng countdown banner sa itaas ng iyong pahina.

Kung ikaw ay isang empleyado o contractor ng Google na may mabuting konsensiya at may karagdagang kaalaman tungkol sa programa, kabilang ang mga nakaplanong teknikal na detalye ng implementasyon o karagdagang mga dahilan para sa programa, makipag-ugnayan sa tips@keepandroidopen.org mula sa isang hindi-pangtrabaong laptop, phone, o computer at isang hindi-gmail na account. Ang iyong impormasyon ay pananatilihing kumpidensyal.

Everyone: Iparinig ang iyong boses

• Mag-install ng F-Droid ↗ sa iyong Android device(s). Kung mas marami ang gumagamit ng alternatibong pamamaraan ng pag-install ng apps, mas mahihirapan ang Google na tayo’y ipabagsak.
• Magbigay ng feedback direkta sa Google gamit ang kanilang Android developer verification requirements survey ↗.
• Iparinig ang iyong boses sa social media at mga blog post na may link patungo sa https://keepandroidopen.org ↗
• Labanan ang astroturfing: kung may makita kang mga post sa mga community forums at social media na sumasang-ayon sa bagong polisiya, kalabanin ito at ipa-alam sa kanila na mali sila.
• Tulungan ang proyektong ito sa pamamagitan ng pag-edit ng page na ito ↗ na may mas mabisang mga impormasyon.
• Pirmahan ang petisyon na ito galing sa change.org ↗

Web Site Owners: Ipakita ang iyong suporta

Ilagay ang countdown banner sa iyong website gamit ang isang <script> tag — walang dependencies, may 20 na built-in na lokalisasyon, at fully customizable.

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

• “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 ↗