Simone Arpe

Dad, developer, weightlifter. Android developer during the day and indie game dev at night. Android Developer @brave. Prev Android Lead @PSPDFKit. he/him

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

@TSchweren @SergZh_ @brave Here we go: https://t.co/dpZp4oAGRB

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

Ghostty is leaving GitHub. I'm GitHub user 1299, joined Feb 2008. I've visited GitHub almost every single day for over 18 years. It's never been a question for me where I'd put my projects: always GitHub. I'm super sad to say this, but its time to go. https://t.co/DQDemHdytV

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

@ssamat This won't solve anything! Scammers will just evolve their process and will wait for 24 hours.
In the long run this will just hurt indie devs.

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

What a terrible idea. I won't make Android safer, just less usable!

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

📢 Important update on sideloading on Android

It’s of course here to stay. The team’s been listening carefully to feedback from power users who want a way (apart from ADB) to install apps that don’t go through developer verification.

Today, we have more details on the advanced flow that gives you this option.

Read the post👇 for more info

https://t.co/KE8FQycME8

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

@MishaalRahman What a terrible, terrible idea!

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

This is a disaster and a lot of users will switch to iOS: https://t.co/hfrp8HmvTk

[It's FOSS @Itsfoss]

Google is pushing hard for developer verification, but there's resistance. 💪

https://t.co/n6dDW6ANXi

[Brave @brave]

Keep Android open!

Brave is joining the EFF, the Tor Project and 40+ other organizations in opposing Google's proposed Android developer registry.

Here's why we're taking this stand...

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

💪 https://t.co/atqdunIaxP
Brave has also signed the open letter to keep Android open

[AdGuard @AdGuard]

🤖 Android's always been about freedom. Now Google's pulling a power move

The whole point of Android was that it wasn't like iOS — no walled garden, no gatekeeping. Build what you want, install what you want, from wherever you want. But that era's about to end.

Google's rolling out a new developer verification policy that basically makes them the sole boss of the entire Android ecosystem. Soon, every single developer (even the ones distributing apps through their own site or third-party stores like F-Droid) has to jump through Google's hoops. We're talking $25, a government ID, and begging for "permission" just to exist on the platform.

This hits close to home for us. You know why the full AdGuard for Android isn't on the Play Store? Because Google bans system-wide ad blockers there. We've always relied on Android's openness to get our software to you directly. Now Google's reaching way beyond its own store and trying to control the whole thing.

We signed an open letter with F-Droid, EFF, the Free Software Foundation, and Vivaldi telling Google to reconsider.

Security matters. That's what Play Protect is for. Forcing indie devs to dox themselves and pay up just to distribute privacy-focused software? That doesn't protect users. It kills competition and hands Google the keys to everything.

Android's strength was always freedom. Let's not lose it.

Full breakdown and the open letter on our blog: https://t.co/C1EodCQJpi

[Techlore @TechloreInc]

🚨 Google wants to force every Android developer to register with them, even if you never touch the Play Store. We signed the open letter opposing this alongside EFF, Proton, F-Droid, Tor Project, and 30+ others. Android's openness is non-negotiable.

https://t.co/vzlPdOc5Sa

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

@FattureInCloud decisamente il miglior modo per perdere utenti forzarli a rifare la registrazione con un servizio diverso senza possibilità di accedere all'account. In pratica un ricatto: se non ti registri di nuovo non accedi a un servizio che HAI PAGATO. Zero professionalità👎

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

Pretty draconian from Google. Be careful out there if you use Antigravity. I guess I'll remove support.

Even Anthropic pings me and is nice about issues. Google just... bans? https://t.co/JBq9YCB7nB

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

https://t.co/DqusPPFDo0
Keep Android open!

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

@auino Good luck with that 😜

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

Someome made a morning report skill and I just gave @openclaw the tweet and it set up the skill + cron job.

[Brave @brave]

Brave for Android has two new improvements:

1. Password importing with CSV files
2. Custom main menus

Here’s how to use them 👇

[Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll]

Lately I’ve been feeling depressed because decades of our hard work is completely gone like it never existed. I heard from others that they also find it very hard to dial into the new norm of low quality software engineering.

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

I hope Google will reconsider this

[Simone Arpe @simonarpe]

@VasiliyZukanov The way Google handles app suspensions is atrocious. Good luck, and keep us posted. In case it can be useful to you, here is a nice article about Dos and Don'ts: https://t.co/3UFgtoyMDP