🚨 Google wants to kill Android freedom: Starting 2027, unverified apps can’t be DOWNLOADED.
➡️ No installation of independent apps
➡️ Destroys alternative playstores like F-Droid
➡️ Google decides what runs on YOUR phone
Help us fight this plan! ✊
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🚨 Google wants to kill Android freedom: Starting 2027, unverified apps can’t be DOWNLOADED.
➡️ No installation of independent apps
➡️ Destroys alternative playstores like F-Droid
➡️ Google decides what runs on YOUR phone
Help us fight this plan! ✊
@Tutanota Google has forgotten that WE own the devices. (As have Apple and Microsoft.)
@Tutanota Guess the second hand Pixel phone market is gonna boom 🙃
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Presumably this will be against the consent decree regarding closed app stores?
I thought they'd rowed back on this and weren't implementing anymore?
@Tutanota Download? They come preinstalled and can't be uninstalled.
@Tutanota they're doing free advertising for GrapheneOS at this point. So glad i made the switch.
@Tutanota I believe Google already relented on this issue, two weeks ago. https://tech.yahoo.com/phones/articles/google-changes-mind-again-allow-233000482.html
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ie- f Google into oblivion. surveillance state nazis
@Tutanota It's a great time to look into GrapheneOS.
@Tutanota you still are behind, frankly maintain you up to date it's does not show you in good light.
Google said they will add a way for user to disable the verification ....
@Tutanota Google is using poorly contrived MS business strategies (organized crime). What has happened to these businesses that greed and power is their driving mantra?
@Tutanota Better yet, drop Google altogether. Look into CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, Murena's /e/OS. Granted, custom ROMs are in their infancy, but they will never get out of it without popular support.
@Tutanota I prefer installing a custom ROM and not having the Play Store over not having my FOSS apps. People already recommend having a second phone just to use banking apps anyway (to be left home, so to discourage kidnapping), I can use my old phone for that.
@Tutanota We'll have to choose any ungoogled Android fork instead.
@Tutanota here's why we need Linux phones ASAP
@Tutanota wouldn't that go against eu competition regulation? Sue Google?
Sign the petition to stop @Google from limiting APK file usage: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
@Tutanota Just signed, thank you for sharing!
@Tutanota my upi payment not working now.. Wtf is doing #googke
Installed from #aurorastore Was working fine but from last night not working ☹️
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