Keep Android Open

Thank you to the XMPP Standards Foundation (@xmpp-official.bsky.social) for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Thank you GrapheneOS Foundation (@grapheneos.org) for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen #AndroidDev

Thank you Open Web Advocacy (@open-web-advocacy.org) for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Thank you to the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) (@beuc.eu) for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Well, I guess *some* people approve of Google's move to lock down Android app development! Take the poll at techhub.social/@keepandroid... #KeepAndroidOpen

Thank you MetaBrainz Foundation (@metabrainz.org) for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Thank you Open Rights Group (@openrightsgroup.org) for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Thank you @gnome.org for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Thank you @murena-com.bsky.social for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

Two weeks in, our Open Letter to Google to Keep Android open has gotten over 50 signatures from 20 countries. Our latest endorsement: Forbrukerrådet, the creators of the viral hit video: "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator". youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?... keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/...

Thank you @brave.com for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen

The first week of our Open Letter to Keep Android Open has been a resounding success! Our signatories list has grown to nearly 50 organizations from 20 countries around the world, including the @eff.org, @openmedia.org, @vivaldi.com, and many more! keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/...

For the moment, Android users still have the final say in what software runs on their increasingly locked-down smartphones, though later this year, Google plans to seriously curtail that freedom in the name of security.