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# Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back.
- URL: https://techlore.tech/google-is-closing-android-37-orgs-are-fighting-back/
- Published: 2026-02-25T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-02T21:44:43.000Z
- Author: Tori
- Tags: Video Content

Almost 40 organizations, including Techlore, published an open letter to Google opposing Android Developer Verification – a program that would require all developers to register with Google before distributing apps on Android. The widely-circulated narrative that Google already backed down from this is false. They didn't, and that misunderstanding may be the most dangerous part of the story right now.

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