1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Google is moving to require every Android developer to register centrally with the company before distributing apps outside the Play Store — and you need to act to stop it. This policy hands a single corporation the power to approve or kill any Android application across the entire ecosystem, including apps distributed through independent websites, enterprise channels, and third-party stores where Google has no legitimate role. Android runs on billions of devices and serves as critical public infrastructure. Google's new requirement forces developers to submit government-issued ID, pay fees, and agree to Google's terms just to reach users through channels Google doesn't even operate. That's not security — Android already has sandboxing, app signing certificates, and user warnings for sideloaded apps that have worked for seventeen years. This is control. It shuts out open-source volunteers, humanitarian organizations, privacy researchers, and activists in countries where their work is criminalized, while giving Google a surveillance database of every developer building outside its marketplace. Regulators in the EU, the DOJ, and competition authorities worldwide are already scrutinizing Google's platform dominance. This policy makes the case for intervention undeniable. Please use your authority to investigate this policy, support legislation that enforces genuine platform neutrality, and demand Google rescind this registration requirement before it takes effect.