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@@ -19,77 +19,87 @@ This registration will involve:
 - Uploading evidence of an app's private signing key
 - Listing all current and future application identifiers
 
+## What this means for your rights
+
+You, the consumer, purchased your Android device believing in Google’s promise that it was an open computing platform and that you could run whatever software you choose on it. Instead, starting next year, they will be non-consensually pushing an update to your operating system that irrevocably blocks this right and leaves you at the mercy of their judgement over what software you are permitted to trust.
+
+You, the creator, can no longer develop an app and share it directly with your friends, family, and community without first seeking Google’s approval. The promise of Android — and a marketing advantage it has used to distinguish itself against the iPhone — has always been that it is “open”. But Google clearly feels that they have enough of a lock on the Android ecosystem, along with sufficient regulatory capture, that they can now jettison this principle with prejudice and impunity.
+
+You, the state, are ceding the rights of your citizens and your own digital sovereignty to a company with a track record of complying with the extrajudicial demands of authoritarian regimes to remove perfectly legal apps that they happen to dislike. The software that is critical to the running of your businesses and governments will be at the mercy of the opaque whims of a distant and unaccountable corporation. Monocultures are perilous not just in agriculture, but in software distribution as well.
+
+## How you can help
+
 Some actions you can take to help oppose the enactment of this policy are:
 
-## Contact National Regulators
+### Contact National Regulators
 
 When contacting regulators directly, you should be polite and specific about the harm you believe these policies will cause, both to consumers and to competition. Complaints are especially impactful when they are authored by a citizen of that country or region, and when the language of the email is written in one of the official languages of the region's governing body.
 
-### European Union
+#### European Union
 - Email: [COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu](mailto:COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20the%20EU&cc=europe@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Complain to the [EU Competition Policy](https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/contact_en)
 
-### United States
+#### United States
 - Email: [antitrust@ftc.gov](mailto:antitrust@ftc.gov?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition&cc=usftc@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Email: [antitrust.complaints@usdoj.gov](mailto:antitrust.complaints@usdoj.gov?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition&cc=usdoj@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Make a report to to [US Department of Justice Antitrust Report Online](https://www.justice.gov/atr/webform/submit-your-antitrust-report-online) and [US Federal Trade Commission: Antitrust Complaint](https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/antitrust-complaint-intake)
 
-### United Kingdom
+#### United Kingdom
 - Email: [general.enquiries@cma.gov.uk](mailto:general.enquiries@cma.gov.uk?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom&cc=uk@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Make a report to the [UK Competition & Markets Authority](https://contact-the-cma.service.gov.uk/wizard/classify)
 
-### Brazil
+#### Brazil
 - Email: [superintendencia@cade.gov.br](mailto:superintendencia@cade.gov.br?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Brazil&cc=brazil@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Reach out to Brazil's [Procon](https://www.procon.sp.gov.br/) and [Senacon](https://www.gov.br/mj/pt-br/assuntos/seus-direitos/consumidor) 
 - _Note: Brazil is slated to be one of the [initial 4 countries](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) where developer registration will be enforced_
 
-### Singapore
+#### Singapore
 - Email: [cccs_feedback@cccs.gov.sg](mailto:cccs_feedback@cccs.gov.sg?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Singapore&cc=singapore@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)](https://www.cccs.gov.sg)
 - _Note: Singapore is slated to be one of the [initial 4 countries](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) where developer registration will be enforced_
 
-### Thailand
+#### Thailand
 - Email: [info@otcc.or.th](mailto:info@otcc.or.th?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Thailand&cc=thailand@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC)](https://www.tcct.or.th/)
 - _Note: Thailand is slated to be one of the [initial 4 countries](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) where developer registration will be enforced_
 
-### Indonesia
+#### Indonesia
 - Email: [infokom@kppu.go.id](mailto:infokom@kppu.go.id?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Indonesia&cc=indonesia@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [KPPU for Competition Complaints](https://eng.kppu.go.id)
 - _Note: Indonesia is slated to be one of the [initial 4 countries](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) where developer registration will be enforced_
 
-### Australia
+#### Australia
 - Email: [info@accc.gov.au](mailto:info@accc.gov.au?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Australia&cc=australia@keepandroidopen.org)
 - File a report with the [Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)](https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us-or-report-an-issue)
 
-### Japan
+#### Japan
 - Email: [intnldiv@jftc.go.jp](mailto:intnldiv@jftc.go.jp?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Japan&cc=japan@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)](https://www.jftc.go.jp/)
 
-### South Korea
+#### South Korea
 - Email: [kftc@korea.kr](mailto:kftc@korea.kr?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Korea&cc=korea@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)](https://www.ftc.go.kr/)
 
-### India
+#### India
 - Email: [cci‑chairman@nic.in](mailto:cci‑chairman@nic.in?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20India&cc=india@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Competition Commission of India (CCI)](https://www.cci.gov.in/)
 
-### Canada
+#### Canada
 - Email: [info@competitionbureau.gc.ca](mailto:info@competitionbureau.gc.ca?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Canada&cc=canada@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Canadian Competition Bureau](https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/)
 
-### Taiwan
+#### Taiwan
 - Email: [ftc@ftc.gov.tw](mailto:ftc@ftc.gov.tw?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Taiwan&cc=taiwan@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Fair Trade Commission (FTC)](https://www.ftc.gov.tw/)
 
-### Turkey
+#### Turkey
 - Contact the [Rekabet Kurumu / Turkish Competition Authority (RK)](https://edevlet.rekabet.gov.tr/Talep/Anasayfa)
 
-### Argentina
+#### Argentina
 - Email: [cndc@produccion.gob.ar](mailto:cndc@produccion.gob.ar?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Argentina&cc=argentina@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia (CNDC)](https://www.argentina.gob.ar/defensadelacompetencia)
 
-### Mexico
+#### Mexico
 - Email: [contacto@cofece.mx](mailto:contacto@cofece.mx?subject=Concerns%20about%20Android%20and%20competition%20in%20Mexico&cc=mexico@keepandroidopen.org)
 - Contact the [Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (COFECE)](https://www.cofece.mx/)