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Feb 25, 2026 #google #android #techlore
Almost 40 organizations, including Techlore, published an open letter to Google opposing Android Developer Verification, a program that would require all developers to register with Google before distributing apps on Android starting September 2026. Before explaining why we signed, I need to address something: the widely-circulated narrative that Google already backed down from this. They didn’t, and that misunderstanding may be the most dangerous part of the story right now.
