didn’t i tell you Google is using the #sideloading ban to side-step labor issues? it’s actually worse:
google wants to #aislop and monopolize all #android apps.
so, not only don't they want to deal with developers as contract workers on their appstore ―that’s the whole point of forcing ID, to shoo away the vast majority of developers who aren’t incorporated as businesses. they now want to wipeout said developers and own all the apps.
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Google now lets you use its web-based AI Studio vibe coding to build native Android apps. The feature was announced at Google I/O 2026.
Jay Peters (The Verge)didn’t i tell you Google is using the #sideloading ban to side-step labor issues? it’s actually worse:
google wants to #aislop and monopolize all #android apps.
so, not only don't they want to deal with developers as contract workers on their appstore ―that’s the whole point of forcing ID, to shoo away the vast majority of developers who aren’t incorporated as businesses. they now want to wipeout said developers and own all the apps.
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RE: indieweb.social/@permafriday/1…THIS IS A LABOR ISSUE
now that Google doesn't have to pretend #android is not the #backdoor #surveillance system Snowden warned us about, it has a problem:
app developers.
the app store was always a honeypot for free #labor. without #apps there is no android. so Google has to rein in app devs, if they don't want their #spyware broken.
but if you give up your encryption keys, the app isn't yours. this isn’t about #privacy.
Google wants app devs to be employees without labor rights.
♲ @permafriday@indieweb.social:
Starting September (this year), Google will require every Android app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen @pluralistic keepandroidopen.org
