<![CDATA[Your phone is about to stop being yours.]]>Your phone is about to stop being yours.

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/

125 days until lockdown

Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b2a61c53-3a77-4923-b7c3-f64a2a62bf9b/your-phone-is-about-to-stop-being-yours.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 06:34:46 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 14:59:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:42:40 GMT]]>@lproven all the android elitists for years saying android was the best, look at them now. always found it super weird to be in google's back pocket...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottytrees/statuses/116488992258219103https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottytrees/statuses/116488992258219103Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:42:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:41:38 GMT]]>@lproven like, WHAT? Whoa! I'm thinking it might be time to ditch my smartphone, and just go to the laptop when I wanna get online 😡

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116359016677972834/statuses/116488988149378605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116359016677972834/statuses/116488988149378605Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:41:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:37:07 GMT]]>@lproven thanks for the update looks like they are going to be like apple and worry about the money's guessing more.backdoors @lproven

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/3corns/statuses/116488970398468353https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/3corns/statuses/116488970398468353Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:37:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:35:44 GMT]]>@lproven (actually, people stopped owning phones when phone manufacturers figured out that they can put cryptographic keys into mask ROM on the SoC)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grishka/statuses/116488964962144270https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grishka/statuses/116488964962144270Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:35:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:35:23 GMT]]>@lproven we need effective anti-monopoly action from governments.

You can own an operating system or an app store, not both.

You can be a TV production company or a streaming platform, not both.

You can be an advert broker or a content provider, not both.

Forced unbundling now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bencurthoys/statuses/116488963580477064https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bencurthoys/statuses/116488963580477064Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:35:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:35:05 GMT]]>@rl_dane @AAKL @Radio_Azureus @joshg @lproven I'm still unclear on whether Google's upcoming lockdown will affect alternative ROMs, or whether they will be closing even more of the source code to prevent people getting around it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116488962389639756https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116488962389639756Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:35:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:33:55 GMT]]>The Motorola phone I'm currently dictating this toot in, has cost me about 20 USD
I had to buy it as a replacement for one of my G2 GSMs, which means it's memory is extremely Limited.
However I can still do some simple things like working on the FediVerse.
In my country both GSM network providers stopped with / shut down the G2 networks with just 3 days notice, leaving us stranded with useless G2 GSM phones. I still have to replace six G2 GSM devices.

We just cannot afford phones on Android price levels when we only need to replace G2 GSM devices

@AAKL @joshg @aburka @lproven @GrapheneOS

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/ap/users/116085795504318279/statuses/116488957831450624https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/ap/users/116085795504318279/statuses/116488957831450624Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:23:57 GMT]]>@float13 @lproven

I mean, I sure as fuck hope so, otherwise nobody will be able to reach me. I'm not going back to Android or Apple. Fuck that noise,
I'll be fine without a phone.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://anarchism.space/users/klep/statuses/116488918613829945https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://anarchism.space/users/klep/statuses/116488918613829945Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:23:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:21:24 GMT]]>@lproven I'm still waiting to hear if all of my existing apps are going to stop working. Even my launcher is FOSS and not in the Play Store.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115945809317187742/statuses/116488908625983379https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115945809317187742/statuses/116488908625983379Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:21:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:18:42 GMT]]>@janvlug @lproven Something along those lines👍 We are not in 1999 anymore. If our smartphones are now so powerful as laptop computers why we still use them with training wheels OS versions? I want a smartphone with a full Linux OS and modular electronics that make possible to easily upgrade/repair it. I'm no computer/electronic expert, only tired of greedy people and waste of resources and pretty sure I'm not alone.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://archaeo.social/ap/users/115949846129131206/statuses/116488897988412462https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://archaeo.social/ap/users/115949846129131206/statuses/116488897988412462Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:18:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:15:17 GMT]]>@lproven it could also result in someone not being able to use their apps if the US Government applies sanctions to them, then the US Play Store will be unavailable to them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116488884581645797https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116488884581645797Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:15:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:14:15 GMT]]>@lproven I think more people should write to their MP about this. Most MPs won't understand the implications, but if they get enough emails and letters on the subject they will hopefully either look into it, or maybe forward them to someone centrally in the party.

From one point of view, it's a restraint on competition - Google control both the platform (Android) and the main app store, from which they earn commission from purchases.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116488880462901160https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116488880462901160Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:14:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:09:09 GMT]]>@lproven does it mean if I build an app on .net and push the build on my phone, it will not work? Nah. That can't be true. Ohh wait a minute. I use a ~7 year old nokia phone. Only God can send an update on it now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116198749219936268/statuses/116488860460834841https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116198749219936268/statuses/116488860460834841Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:09:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:08:10 GMT]]>@Radio_Azureus @joshg @aburka @lproven @GrapheneOS That's true. Watch how corporations have been shamelessly co-opting open source and, more recently, showering it with money, which usually comes with strings attached.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116488856557584480https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116488856557584480Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:08:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:07:52 GMT]]>@lproven That depends. I've started doing Apple development, and at first it's like "why do you want $99"? But you get a lot for the $99 as a developer. They take care of all the regulatory crap and the taxes. By the time you pay an account to do all that, it pays for itself. They have business support. I've found its actually well worth it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116488855356843828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116488855356843828Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:07:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:06:34 GMT]]>@lproven you can still download APKs just not from the Google Play store as I understand it.

So things like FDroid should still work or your favorite alternative SDK platform

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/spycrab/statuses/116488850264604341https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/spycrab/statuses/116488850264604341Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:05:15 GMT]]>All of us seem to have forgotten, and I'm pointing the finger at myself, that the cloud is just somebody else's computer

It turns out that even when you buy Hardware with features companies have the balls, to take them away with impunity.

@AAKL @Radio_Azureus @joshg @aburka @lproven @GrapheneOS

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/ap/users/116085795504318279/statuses/116488845104736207https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/ap/users/116085795504318279/statuses/116488845104736207Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:05:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:02:29 GMT]]>@Radio_Azureus @joshg @aburka @lproven @GrapheneOS Unfortunately, the antitrust trial let Google go scot-free. It's now back to its old antics.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116488834218044976https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116488834218044976Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:02:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:00:41 GMT]]>You will need a Google pixel phone, for Graphene OS.

High end Android phones are out of my reach. I spend money on cycling parts

Any phone above 200 USD is out of reach of most people where the salaries are 50 USD or less.

Pixel phones are 700 USD or more

The Motorola phones which will work with Graphene OS have not even been put into production yet

The Android division of Google needs to be split up into parts like the Bell phone company for this treason

@joshg @AAKL @aburka @lproven

@GrapheneOS

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/ap/users/116085795504318279/statuses/116488827150086174https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/ap/users/116085795504318279/statuses/116488827150086174Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:00:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:56:53 GMT]]>@lproven holy crap! fuck google

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/falcennial/statuses/116488812198916124https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/falcennial/statuses/116488812198916124Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:56:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:11 GMT]]>@lproven It would be nice if (non-Android) Linux phones were an option.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116488805504981671https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116488805504981671Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:08 GMT]]>@lproven mobile-service-optimised-webservers anyone?

I prefer running most things with apps on an alternative web-browser interface if they present one. Car is an exception.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116488805318725833https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116488805318725833Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:53:50 GMT]]>@joshg @aburka @lproven According to this, it's a "stripped down Android version" https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1n22hdx/can_someone_explain_grapheneos_to_me_like_im_five/

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/completeness-of-protection-and-usability-tradeoffs-for-grapheneos/24634/2

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116488800182954181https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AAKL/statuses/116488800182954181Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:53:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Your phone is about to stop being yours. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:52:14 GMT]]>@lproven good luck finding a carrier that supports something other than Apple or Android

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/JoelBarr/statuses/116488793939910479https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/JoelBarr/statuses/116488793939910479Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:52:14 GMT