Android under threat of lockdown from Google

I discovered this news post when I opened F-Droid yesterday:

Please do your bit and sign the petition to object to this change:

Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/OS the deGoogled mobile OS and online services

Thank you for sharing the petition. The topic has indeed been discussed a bit on this forum.

The 24h waiting period is IMHO not a real problem and may indeed protect the average user from installing apps pushed by spam calls. Still, the majority of Android malware is distributed by the Google Play store itself, and there is the risk that Google may further restrict the installations of apps by unverified developers in a couple of years.
See also this article on Android Authority: Android's biggest scam problem doesn't come from sideloading

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Hello,

There are an official petition on the website of the french’parlement Assemblée Nationale:

Need 100 000 for a discussion in the french’s parlement.
Only french’citoyen could sign this official petition.

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Si c’est comme la pétition pour demander le retrait de la loi Yadan…

Indépendamment du thème de la pétition, on a l’impression que c’est au bon vouloir des “élus de la nation”.

If it’s like the petition calling for the repeal of the Yadan Act…

Regardless of the petition’s subject matter, it feels like it’s entirely up to the “nation’s elected officials.”

Thanks to deepl for translation…

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