#sideloaded — Public Fediverse posts
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Rogue devs of #sideloaded #Android #apps beg for freedom from #Google’s verification regime
37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside #GooglePlay
Including Article 19, #EFF, #FSF, #FDroid, #Fastmail, & Vivaldi, on Tuesday published an #openletter to Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, founders and board members Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Vijaya Kaza, general manager for app and ecosystem trust, to voice their opposition to the plan.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/google_android_developer_verification_plan/