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Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20% (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Picasso@thelemmy.club 133 points 3 days ago (1 children)

they talk about alternative stores as well but fail to do a great reporting on the issue ... a alternative appstore that need's google approve it's simply not a real alternative.

From https://keepandroidopen.org/ In August 2025, Google announced ↗ that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve:

  • Paying a fee to Google
  • Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
  • Providing government identification
  • Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
  • Listing all current and future application identifiers
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Good news is GrapheneOS is planned to be available on Motorola phones. Probably time to leave Google and Microsoft behind.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Ever since Samsung locked my bootloader in a surreptitious update, I'm eager to jump ship.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

NGL I was excited to hear the news of official GrapheneOS devices coming, hopefully they won't just be their flagship devices but the whole product stack.

[–] DeepSeaString@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have they figured out how to fix the banking app issue? 

[–] Lem453@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] DeepSeaString@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks so much my bank is supported! I just wish my device was too. I'll probably get one that supports it because I really want to move away from google

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Wow not bad, that's a pretty big list.