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description: "Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on."
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# Keep Android Open
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In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year,
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## How you can help
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### Resist and refuse
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If you are an app developer, _**do not sign up**_ for the early access program, perform identity verification, or accept an invitation to the Android Developer Console. Respond (politely) to any invitation with a list of your concerns and objections.
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—— _It is only through developer acquiescence that their takeover plan can possibly succeed._ ——
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Discourage fellow app developers and organizations from signing up to the program. Use community forums, social media, and blog posts to spread the message.
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### Contact national regulators
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### Consumers: Contact national regulators
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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.
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#### Philippines
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- Contact the [Philippine Competition Commission (PCC)](https://www.phcc.gov.ph/)
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## Make your voice heard
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### Sign the open letter
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### Developers: Resist and refuse
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If you are an app developer, _**do not sign up**_ for the early access program, perform identity verification, or accept an invitation to the Android Developer Console. Respond (politely) to any invitation with a list of your concerns and objections.
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—— _It is only through developer acquiescence that their takeover plan can possibly succeed._ ——
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Discourage fellow app developers and organizations from signing up to the program. Use community forums, social media, and blog posts to spread the message.
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### Everyone: Make your voice heard
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-[Install F-Droid](https://f-droid.org) on your Android device(s). The more people that use alternative app marketplaces, the harder it will be to shut them out.
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#### Sign the open letter
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- Add your organization's signature to the draft [Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution](https://docs.fediverse.foundation/pad/#/2/pad/view/OkfvdusnqafC8Wv+WUVpXB8RQk6XUFxmFHIa6CiBxQI/) by emailing [signatories@keepandroidopen.org](mailto:signatories@keepandroidopen.org?subject=Signature%20for%20keepandroidopen.org) with your name, title, and affiliation.
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### Sign These Petitions
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- Provide feedback directly to Google using their [Android developer verification requirements survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITkdzMxv81rJDEGGjO-UIDDY28Rz_GEVA/viewform?pli=1).
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- Make your voice heard on social media and with blog posts, and link to https://keepandroidopen.org
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- Combat astroturfing: when you encounter suspect posts on community forums and social media in support of the policy (“Well, actually…”), challenge them and do not be shy.
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- Help this project out by [editing this page](https://github.com/keepandroidopen/keepandroidopen.github.io/blob/main/index.md) with more useful information.
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#### Sign These Petitions
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-[change.org petition with most signatures](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage?recruiter=1370041382&recruited_by_id=fddec6e0-0e30-11f0-a55d-cd0eb0fd0ac4)
-[Install F-Droid](https://f-droid.org) on your Android device(s). The more people that use alternative app marketplaces, the harder it will be to shut them out.
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- Provide feedback directly to Google using their [Android developer verification requirements survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITkdzMxv81rJDEGGjO-UIDDY28Rz_GEVA/viewform?pli=1).
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- Make your voice heard on social media and with blog posts, and link to https://keepandroidopen.org
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- Combat astroturfing: when you encounter suspect posts on community forums and social media in support of the policy (“Well, actually…”), challenge them and do not be shy.
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- Help this project out by [editing this page](https://github.com/keepandroidopen/keepandroidopen.github.io/blob/main/index.md) with more useful information.
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### Support These Projects
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These projects are working to provide much-needed competition in the mobile hardware space.
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-[Librephone by the Free Software Foundation](https://librephone.fsf.org/)
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<strong>Disclaimer:</strong> This website is a community-driven noncommercial undertaking. It is operated solely for informational and educational purposes.
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