Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases(arstechnica.com)

137 points by coloneltcb 1 year ago | 64 comments

Google will develop Android OS behind closed doors starting next week(9to5google.com)

217 points by josephcsible 1 year ago | 145 comments

Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing(arstechnica.com)

110 points by DamnInteresting 6 months ago | 47 comments

Samsung Galaxy update removes Android recovery menu tools, including sideloading(9to5google.com)

122 points by pabs3 7 months ago | 28 comments

“Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale(arstechnica.com)

73 points by specto 3 years ago | 38 comments

T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users(arstechnica.com)

174 points by LorenDB 2 years ago | 149 comments

Android may soon restrict on-device ADB(kitsumed.github.io)

941 points by shscs911 3 months ago | 459 comments

Blog post warning that proposed Android changes may restrict on-device ADB, affecting Shizuku, libadb, power-user apps and developer setups.

Pixel phones are sold with bootloader unlocking disabled(fitzsim.org)

525 points by pabs3 3 years ago | 315 comments

Blog post by Thomas Fitzsimmons reporting that some Pixel phones are sold with bootloader unlocking disabled.

F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree(f-droid.org)

1284 points by gumby271 1 year ago | 472 comments

F-Droid blog post responding to Google's new requirement that Android app developers register with Google, and its impact on F-Droid and free software apps.

Keep Android Open(keepandroidopen.org)

2604 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 823 comments

Campaign site opposing Google's planned mandatory Android developer registration, listing actions like signing an open letter and contacting regulators.

So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes(lecaro.me)

188 points by speckx 28 days ago | 77 comments

Personal blog post about using old Android 6 phones without Google Play, enjoying degoogled Android, and abandoning the Play Store over its broken review process.

AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs(github.com)

450 points by tharen 12 days ago | 220 comments

GitHub issue in android/ndk reporting a bionic bug where wcscspn()/wcspbrk() treat every wchar_t >= 0x100 as a match on Android 17 builds.