Astronaut
473 posts





SUMMER 2026 ANIME COUNTDOWN IS ON





Nobody is talking about this, but in 99 days ALL Android phones are getting locked down! EVEN IF YOU DON'T UPDATE YOUR PHONE! Right now, you can have an unverified APK and choose to "Install Anyway." In 99 days, you won't be able to anymore. Most average users don't care because they don't download apps from anywhere other than Play Store, don't know what an APK is, and don't even need it. But this matters for open source and Free app repositories ("free as in speech", i.e. libre). To create an Android app you will have to: - Pay a fee to Google - Agree to Google's Terms and Conditions - Surrender your government-issued identification - Provide evidence of your private signing key - List all current and all future application identifiers






















