Vào tháng 8 năm 2025, Google đã thông báo ↗ rằng từ tháng 9 năm 2026, sẽ không còn khả năng phát triển ứng dụng cho nền tảng Android nếu chưa đăng ký tập trung với Google trước. Việc đăng ký này sẽ bao gồm:
- Trả phí cho Google
- Đồng ý với Điều khoản và Điều kiện của Google
- Cung cấp giấy tờ nhận dạng do chính phủ cấp
- Tải lên bằng chứng về khóa ký riêng của nhà phát triển
- Liệt kê tất cả ID ứng dụng hiện tại và trong tương lai
Điều này có nghĩa gì đối với quyền của bạn
➤ Bạn, người tiêu dùng, đã mua thiết bị Android của mình vì tin vào lời hứa của Google rằng đây là một nền tảng điện toán mở và bạn có thể chạy bất kỳ phần mềm nào mình muốn. Nhưng từ tháng 9 năm 2026, họ sẽ đẩy một bản cập nhật hệ điều hành không có sự đồng ý của bạn, khiến quyền này bị chặn vĩnh viễn và buộc bạn phải phụ thuộc vào quyết định của họ về phần mềm nào được phép chạy.
➤ Bạn, người sáng tạo, sẽ không còn có thể phát triển một ứng dụng và chia sẻ trực tiếp với bạn bè, gia đình và cộng đồng mà không cần sự chấp thuận của Google. Lời hứa của Android — và lợi thế marketing giúp nó khác với iPhone — luôn là nó “mở”. Nhưng Google dường như tin rằng họ đã nắm đủ quyền kiểm soát hệ sinh thái Android và đủ ảnh hưởng về mặt pháp lý để có thể từ bỏ nguyên tắc này.
➤ Bạn, nhà nước, đang trao quyền của công dân và chủ quyền số của mình cho một công ty có tiền lệ tuân theo các yêu cầu ngoài pháp luật từ các chế độ độc tài để gỡ bỏ những ứng dụng hoàn toàn hợp pháp chỉ vì họ không thích. Phần mềm quan trọng cho doanh nghiệp và chính phủ của bạn sẽ phụ thuộc vào quyết định mơ hồ của một tập đoàn xa xôi và không chịu trách nhiệm giải trình.
Cập nhật: Google chưa hề “rút lại” việc xác minh nhà phát triển
Trái với một đề cập ↗ mơ hồ về “quy trình nâng cao” có thể cho phép “người dùng có kinh nghiệm chấp nhận rủi ro khi cài phần mềm chưa được xác minh”, mô tả chính thức về chương trình ↗ của Google vẫn ghi rõ:
ắt đầu từ tháng 9 năm 2026, Android sẽ yêu cầu tất cả ứng dụng phải được đăng ký bởi nhà phát triển đã được xác minh để có thể cài đặt trên các thiết bị Android được chứng nhận.
Cho đến khi có bằng chứng rõ ràng rằng có thể bỏ qua quá trình xác minh mà không gặp nhiều rào cản, chúng ta phải tin theo những gì được ghi trên trang chính thức: tất cả ứng dụng từ nhà phát triển chưa đăng ký sẽ bị chặn khi chính sách này có hiệu lực.
Bạn có thể giúp như thế nào
Nhà phát triển: Hãy phản đối và từ chối
Nếu bạn là nhà phát triển ứng dụng, đừng đăng ký chương trình truy cập sớm, xác minh danh tính hoặc chấp nhận lời mời tham gia Android Developer Console. Hãy trả lời (một cách lịch sự) các lời mời đó bằng danh sách các quan ngại và phản đối của bạn.
—— Chỉ khi các nhà phát triển chấp nhận và tuân theo, kế hoạch kiểm soát này mới có thể thành công. ——
Hãy khuyến khích các nhà phát triển và tổ chức khác không tham gia chương trình này. Sử dụng diễn đàn cộng đồng, mạng xã hội và blog để lan truyền thông điệp. Thêm thư viện FreeDroidWarn ↗ vào ứng dụng của mình để thông báo cho người dùng. Nếu bạn quản lý một trang web, hãy [thêm banner đếm ngược]banner) ở đầu trang.
Nếu bạn là nhân viên hoặc nhà thầu của Google có lương tâm tốt và có thêm thông tin chi tiết về chương trình, bao gồm các chi tiết triển khai kỹ thuật dự kiến hoặc lý do bổ sung cho chương trình, vui lòng liên hệ với tôi tips@keepandroidopen.org từ một máy tính không phải của công ty và một tài khoản không phải là gmail. Thông tin của bạn sẽ được giữ bí mật.
Mọi người: Hãy lên tiếng
- Cài đặt F-Droid ↗ trên các thiết bị Android của bạn. Càng nhiều người dg chợ ứngùn dụng thay thế thì càng khó để loại bỏ chúng.
- Gửi phản hồi trực tiếp cho Google thông qua khảo sát yêu cầu xác minh nhà phát triển Android ↗.
- Lên tiếng trên mạng xã hội và blog, và dẫn link tới: https://keepandroidopen.org ↗
- Chống lại việc tạo dư luận giả mạo: khi bạn bắt gặp những bài đăng đáng ngờ trên các diễn đàn cộng đồng và mạng xã hội ủng hộ chính sách (“Thực ra thì…”), hãy phản bác chúng và đừng ngần ngại.
- Giúp dự án bằng cách chỉnh sửa trang này ↗ để bổ sung các thông tin hữu ích.
- Hãy ký vào bản kiến nghị trên change.org này. ↗
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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 ↗
Denmark
- Contact the Danish Consumer Ombudsman ↗
- Contact the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority's Tech Division ↗
Czech Republic
- Email: posta@uohs.gov.cz
- Contact the Office for the Protection of Competition (Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže – ÚOHS) ↗
Poland
- Email: uokik@uokik.gov.pl
- Contact the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów - UOKiK) ↗
Lithuania
- Email: tarnyba@vvtat.lt taryba@kt.gov.lt
- Contact the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA) (Valstybinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnyba) ↗ Complaint portal ↗ The Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania (KT) (Lietuvos Respublikos konkurencijos taryba) ↗ Complaint portal ↗
Hungary
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
Egypt
- Contact the Egyptian Competition Authority ↗
- Email: info@eca.org.eg
Hungary
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
- “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 ↗
Miscellaneous
- Android Developer Verification Discourse ↗ by Termux developer agnostic-apollo ↗
- Opposition recommendations ↗