Update: CMA moving in right direction? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/22/apple-google-face-enforced-changes-uk-mobile-phone-dominance-uk-competition-watchdog-stricter-oversight
Dan is a UK based full stack web developer who is working on Bookstack, a self-hostable wiki platform (MIT license).
On Google’s recent announcement about developer verification he writes:
This is a massive leap in control, further centralising approval power to Google across the entire Android ecosystem while cementing themselves as the ultimate gatekeeper of what users can run on their own devices, all under the guise of security. This is a further step away from an open ecosystem, while being harmful to any platform competition & innovation.
…as a UK resident I feel my best bet to counter this is via the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA).
He includes his report as a basis for others to use perhaps.
Dan is a UK based full stack web developer who is working on Bookstack, a self-hostable wiki platform (MIT license).
On Google’s recent announcement about developer verification he writes:
This is a massive leap in control, further centralising approval power to Google across the entire Android ecosystem while cementing themselves as the ultimate gatekeeper of what users can run on their own devices, all under the guise of security. This is a further step away from an open ecosystem, while being harmful to any platform competition & innovation.
…as a UK resident I feel my best bet to counter this is via the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA).
He includes his report as a basis for others to use perhaps.
Dan is a UK based full stack web developer who is working on Bookstack, a self-hostable wiki platform (MIT license).
On Google’s recent announcement about developer verification he writes:
This is a massive leap in control, further centralising approval power to Google across the entire Android ecosystem while cementing themselves as the ultimate gatekeeper of what users can run on their own devices, all under the guise of security. This is a further step away from an open ecosystem, while being harmful to any platform competition & innovation.
…as a UK resident I feel my best bet to counter this is via the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA).
He includes his report as a basis for others to use perhaps.
If the politicians fail to act we can always build something better ourselves.
I see some commenters on other posts saying they will buy linux phones due to this, could be good for the ecosystem.
Yup, badger the politicians and buy Linux phones!
SailfishOS! EU should really invest in that.
As far as I know it offers paid premium features and it has closed source components.
That’s a no from me.