diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e8240fc..9da09b9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,36 @@ Launched in direct response to the Google announcement, the site defends Android's core promise: an open platform where anyone can build, share, and install apps without centralized gatekeeping. It aims to inform on the impacts on consumers, developers, states and coordinate resistance. +## Getting Informed + +If you're new to this issue or want to understand what's at stake, the following resources cover the story from multiple angles. + +### Editorial & Opinion + +- ["An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification"](https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html) — F-Droid +- ["Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship"](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship) — EFF +- ["Pluralistic: Darth Android"](https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/) — Cory Doctorow +- ["What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading"](https://f-droid.org/en/2025/10/28/sideloading.html) — F-Droid +- ["F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree"](https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) — F-Droid + +### Press Coverage + +- ["With developer verification, Google's Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android's open legacy"](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/with-developer-verification-googles-apple-envy-threatens-to-dismantle-androids-open-legacy/) — Ars Technica +- ["Google kneecaps indie Android devs, forces them to register"](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) — The Register +- ["37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play"](https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/google_android_developer_verification_plan/) — The Register +- ["Google's Requirement For All Android Developers To Register And Be Verified Threatens To Close Down Open Source App Store F-Droid"](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-all-android-developers-to-register-and-be-verified-threatens-to-close-down-open-source-app-store-f-droid/) — TechDirt +- ["Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store"](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/google-will-require-developer-verification-for-android-apps-outside-the-play-store/) — TechCrunch + +### Video + +- "I Signed a Letter to Google. Here's Why." — Techlore — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU) +- "Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'" — Louis Rossmann — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E) +- "F-Droid Will Die in 2026 Unless We Act Now" — Techlore — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsKY) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsKY) +- "Google is Removing Sideloading" — LMG Clips — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R76VJtTDJ8) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=-R76VJtTDJ8) +- "Google's changes to sideloading could end F-Droid" — Linux Weekly News — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMqpm2Ahmt0) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=iMqpm2Ahmt0) +- "Is F-Droid in Trouble? Google Developer Verification" — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SOOoQWv4kk) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=-SOOoQWv4kk) +- "Google is Applefying Android: The End of Openness" — ChiefGyk3D — [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOPzixHoLY) | [Invidious](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=WFOPzixHoLY) + ## Contributing 1. Identify [issues](https://github.com/keepandroidopen/keepandroidopen.github.io/issues). diff --git a/src/content/pages/readme-callout.md b/src/content/pages/readme-callout.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33c4d0e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/pages/readme-callout.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +title: "Add a Warning to Your README" +description: "A simple markdown callout to warn users that your app may be affected by Android's 2026 installation restrictions." +lang: en +--- + +If your app can be installed outside the Google Play Store, it may stop working on Android in 2026 due to Google's upcoming installation restrictions. You can help raise awareness by adding the following callout to your README. + +## Callout +```markdown +> [!IMPORTANT] +> **Android application installation restrictions are coming September 2026.** +> This app may be affected by upcoming changes to Android that limit how applications can be installed outside the Play Store. Visit [keepandroidopen.org](https://keepandroidopen.org) to learn more and take action. +``` + +This renders as a highlighted callout on GitHub, GitLab, and most other platforms that support the `[!IMPORTANT]` syntax. On platforms that don't, it falls back gracefully to a plain blockquote. + +## If your project also has a website + +You can embed a live countdown banner instead — see [Add the Countdown Banner to Your Site](/banner).