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Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they worked hard for it(including waiting 24 hours)
(android-developers.googleblog.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2026
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Can we prevent this on the EU level? It really is just killing independent competition.
Vote for the Pirates
According to Wikipedia, they basically have no representative nowhere... I would rather vote for a more established party which actually has the power do influence the decision. Surely there must be one mainstream party that has the same stance.
There are some places one can contact:
https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/contact_en
Email Digital Markets Act team: EC-DMA@ec.europa.eu
Contact DMA team: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en ↗
Contact your Member of the European Parliament directly: https://zeyus.com/contact-mep-representative ↗
Email Antitrust: COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu
https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/contact_en
I tried sending a message to one one, i forget which, and they essentially replied that they see nothing wrong with it, so more people need to complain.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ More infromation from here.