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Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign… (keepandroidopen.org)
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[–] webkitten@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is the reason I've disabled automatic system updates since 2024.

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same, but that only lets the user delay the update, not avoid it. They eventually force every update scheduled for a non-peak time in the middle of the night while we're sleeping. Or please let me know if you've found a way around that.

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