#Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg@floss.social and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.
Many KDE apps are deployed for Android: KDE Connect, Itinerary, Tokodon, and there’s even a test version of Krita for Android.
KDE calls on Google to reverse course and @keepandroidopen@techhub.social.
https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
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I really do feel like asking “pretty please” is not a good solution to this problem.
I might prefer an actual Linux phone (provided it works), but I’d be more than happy to settle for Android that is fully divorced from Google.
That’s why we are working Plasma Mobile. But it is far from ready for primetime unfortunately.