The takeaway: App sideloading has been a contentious issue since the dawn of mobile computing. Google is now taking a hardline approach, citing alleged security concerns, but a major app platform is ...

Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulators Starting next year, Google plans to require all apps ...

From 2026, Google will require verified developer IDs and signing keys for every Android app, even sideloaded ones. F‑Droid and anonymous contributors can't comply, risking loss of open-source app ...

A group of developers started the Keep Android Open petition in protest against a new measure by Google. The company wants to ...