“Google kneecaps indie Android devs, forces them to register” — https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/

“Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google’s New Decree” — https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-f-droid-warns-google-developer-decree-open-source-android/

“Google’s New Developer ID Rule Could Harm F-Droid, Says Open-Source Advocate” — https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-android-id-rule-threatens-f-droids-future

“Google’s developer registration ‘decree’ means the end for alternative app stores” — https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/

“Open-Source Android Apps Threatened by Google’s New Policy” — https://www.datamation.com/open-source/android-apps-google-policy/

“Google’s new ID requirements could destroy independent app stores” — https://www.techspot.com/news/109728-google-confirms-new-android-rules-significantly-restrict-app.html

“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/

“Google’s new developer rules could threaten sideloading and F-Droid’s future” — https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/

“Google is restricting one of Android’s most important features, and users are outraged” — https://www.slashgear.com/1962802/google-restricting-important-android-feature-reason-why-users-outraged/

“Android’s sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet” - https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/

“Google’s dev registration plan ‘will end the F-Droid project’” — https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will/

“F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project” — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/

“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/

“Google will verify Android developers distributing apps outside the Play store” — https://www.theverge.com/news/765881/google-android-apps-side-loading-developer-verification

“Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading” — https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/

“Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google’s New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy” — https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/

“Google Demands Dev Identity For All Android Apps” - https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18276-google-demands-dev-identity-for-all-android-apps.html

“Google Defends Developer Verification” - https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18356-google-defends-developer-verification.html

Video Responses

“Google: ‘Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now’” — Louis Rossmann — https://youtu.be/QBEKlIV_70E

“F-Droid Will Die in 2026 Unless We Act Now — Techlore” — https://youtu.be/wRvqdLsnsKY

“Google is Removing Sideloading” — LMG Clips — https://youtu.be/-R76VJtTDJ8

“Google’s changes to sideloading could end F-Droid - Linux Weekly News” — https://youtu.be/iMqpm2Ahmt0

“Is F-Droid in Trouble? Google Developer Verification” — https://youtu.be/-SOOoQWv4kk

“Google is Applefying Android: The End of Openness” — ChiefGyk3D — https://youtu.be/WFOPzixHoLY

Editorials and Blogs

“F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree” — https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

“What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading” - https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html

“Pluralistic: Darth Android” — https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/

“Google plans to block side-loading like Apple, declaring war on Android freedom” — https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google

“Join The Protest Against The Closing Of Android” - https://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/18419-join-the-protest-against-the-closing-of-android.html

Discussions

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https://lobste.rs/s/x1sdu5/f_droid_google_s_developer_registration

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n1m699/horrible_news/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n3jtrf/google_you_royally_screwed_up/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n0uy6g/just_received_this_email_now_you_can_get/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n2im4j/this_may_mark_the_end_of_android_development_for/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n0f41c/google_will_require_developer_verification_to/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1km8jof/google_play_developer_verification/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1mzw877/android_developers_blog_a_new_layer_of_security/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1n7g0cc/to_all_android_devs_speak_up_now_before_you_lose/

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1oaj908/collection_of_actions_we_can_take_to_stop/

Official Documentation

Initial announcement — https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html

Android developer verification: Guides — https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/android-developer-console#complete-identity

Android developer verification: Frequently asked questions — https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq

Introducing the Android Developer Console: A first look — https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/assets/pdfs/introducing-the-android-developer-console.pdf

Download an early look of the new Android Developer Console — https://support.google.com/android-developer-console/answer/16450960

API Documentation — https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller#DEVELOPER_VERIFICATION_FAILED_REASON_DEVELOPER_BLOCKED

Miscellaneous

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