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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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#### Philippines
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- Contact the [Philippine Competition Commission (PCC)](https://www.phcc.gov.ph/)
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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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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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- 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)
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-[Sign this change.org petition](https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage?recruiter=1370041382&recruited_by_id=fddec6e0-0e30-11f0-a55d-cd0eb0fd0ac4)
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#### Contact These Consumer/Digital Rights Groups
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-[Euroconsumers](https://www.euroconsumers.org/)
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-[Bits of Freedom (Netherlands)](https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/)
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