Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store

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• mrbn@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sounds to me like this is a workaround so that Google can maintain control over who gets to release apps now that they can’t do it by locking the apps behind Google Play. I wouldn’t be surprised if being verified also includes some kind of fee.

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  • 73QjabParc34Vebq@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I doubt its about a few dollars from developers. They'll say it's about contacting devepers. But I think it's really about control over who can publish apps, force them to agree to weird T&Cs and allow Google to exclude people.

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    • lemmysmash@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      This. And obviously to ban all the things like adblockers, NewPipe, custom browsers, etc that give people any kind of relief from Google’s digital slavery.

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    • vikingtons@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ravanced, magisk, newpipe etc

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• realcaseyrollins ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is actually horrible
• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The fascist US obviously won’t do shit, but Europe ought to outlaw this blatant anti-trust violation.

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I will be purchasing a phone that runs free open source Linux. This whole Android thing sucks ass.

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• mormund@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Will just F-Droid have to do this or any app developer? If it’s the latter, I guess might as well go with an unofficial OS…

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If the phone ships with Play Store, Play Services, and other Google Mobile Services (GMS) apps the requirement will be enforced, it doesn’t matter which source you use to get your apps. They claim to provide an exception for “student projects”, but per their post, it’s yet to be created.

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    • mormund@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Welp I guess Android and iOS are becoming more alike. Just not in the direction I’d have liked.

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• INeedMana@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Time to switch to /e/OS

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