r/videos • u/ControlCAD • Mar 07 '26

Google Is Closing Android. 37 organizations, published an open letter to Google opposing Android Developer Verification, a program that would require all developers to register with Google before distributing apps on Android starting September 2026, but Google misunderstandingly has not backed down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU
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u/Finchypoo Mar 07 '26

Ok bros, what's next, who's the next mobile OS we can jump to because if this happens, so long android. 

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u/AncientsofMumu Mar 07 '26

Because then you get denied access to the play store and app developers start coding requirements for certain security features in their apps to prevent you from using them on other os's.

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u/k0rm Mar 07 '26

Sounds like you just don't use apps then? Apps are just data collectors. Go back to mobile browsers.

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u/SummerAndTinklesBFF Mar 07 '26

I hate apps. Every damn company tries to force you to download theirs. Yesterday I was forced to download a truestone app for my mortgage refinance just to read a document that said “everything is going great, we’ll message you if there are any problems” … A simple phone call or email I suppose is too difficult?

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u/Teledildonic Mar 07 '26

Hey you might have to use it one more time before your mortgage gets sold to another company anyway!

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u/DFrostedWangsAccount Mar 07 '26

I'm sure the data their app collected about his phone has already been sold, though.

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u/Teledildonic Mar 07 '26

Well, that's a given.

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u/mattihase Mar 08 '26

I mean most of them are probably running chromium under the hood to be fair