Google is about to impose a restriction on app developers even on F-Droid and the like: you must register and be approved by Google before your app will install on Android, no matter how you distribute it. This will give Google the power to identify and shut out any developer making politically inconvenient apps. And Google will jump to the demands of the US fascist regime too, so all your apps for boycotting the USA, thwarting ICE, chatting through unmonitored channels, etc., could easily be shut down.
This will leave us with no major mobile platforms that will run whichever software the user chooses to install.
I share your pessimism, but let’s see how it turns out. There is still time until the implementation and a lot of things can change. I hope the EU could do something as last resort…
Google is about to impose a restriction on app developers even on F-Droid and the like: you must register and be approved by Google before your app will install on Android, no matter how you distribute it. This will give Google the power to identify and shut out any developer making politically inconvenient apps. And Google will jump to the demands of the US fascist regime too, so all your apps for boycotting the USA, thwarting ICE, chatting through unmonitored channels, etc., could easily be shut down.
This will leave us with no major mobile platforms that will run whichever software the user chooses to install.
I share your pessimism, but let’s see how it turns out. There is still time until the implementation and a lot of things can change. I hope the EU could do something as last resort…