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Android Sideloading Lockdown Set to Begin in 70 Days

Original: Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown

A campaign site called Keep Android Open warns that Google is moving to lock down Android in roughly 70 days, restricting users' ability to install apps outside official channels. The message spreading online is that phone owners will lose control over software they can run on their own devices. Critics frame it as the end of open Android; supporters of tighter controls see it as a security measure.

Why now: A deadline approaching for Android changes that would restrict sideloading has sparked debate about user freedom and device ownership.

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