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The first week of our Open Letter to Keep Android Open has been a resounding success! Our signatories list has grown to nearly 50 organizations from 20 countries around the world, including the
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Remember the long-since-expunged Android philosophy? "We also wanted to make sure there was no central point of failure, where one industry player could restrict or control the innovations of any other." Because the Wayback Machine remembers (https://web.archive.org/web/20140702115900/https://source.android.com/source/index.html)…
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Thank you to the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) (@beuc@eupolicy.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you to the GrapheneOS Foundation (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen #AndroidDev
Thank you @gnome@floss.social for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you to the XMPP Standards Foundation (@xmpp@fosstodon.org) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you GNU/Linux València (@gnulinuxvalencia@floss.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Two weeks in, our Open Letter to Google to Keep Android Open has gotten over 50 signatures from 20 countries. Our latest endorsement: Forbrukerrådet, the creators of the viral hit video: "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator". https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=FlZ4CswIlPJDs6Rs https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories
Thank you VideoLAN (@videolan@floss.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you Unified Push (@unifiedpush@fosstodon.org) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you to the Italian Linux Society (@mastodon.uno) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you @fastmail@mastodon.social for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you Open Rights Group (@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you April (@aprilorg@pouet.april.org) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you Calyx Institute (@calyxinstitute@mastodon.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you Open Web Advocacy (@owa@mastodon.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you MetaBrainz Foundation (@metabrainz@mastodon.social) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you iodé (@iode@mastodon.online) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you @e_mydata@mastodon.social for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you @ow2@fosstodon.org for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
Thank you @slat@social.slat.org for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
There's an energetic discussion going on about keeping Android open at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091419 !
Local consumer protection agencies, regulators, and representatives can be just as powerful as national ones, and they often listen more closely to their constituents (especially in an election year). New feature: you can now reach out directly to your EU Member of Parliament or US State Senator and consumer protection agencies from the regulators list at https://keepandroidopen.org/#consumers. Speak out now, before it is too late!
Thank you @brave@mastodon.social for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen@techhub.social #KeepAndroidOpen
You can now include the countdown banner from keepandroidopen.org on your own site with a single line of JavaScript! Take a look at https://keepandroidopen.org/banner/ for the HOWTO…
