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Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] (docs.google.com)
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[–] CheezyWeezle@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I dunno, I'm sure there's a part of them that doesn't want to scare off all the free labor they get from the community developers. They are probably legitimately trying to gauge how much of an impact on that this will have. That doesn't mean they are going to stop or change anything, but they probably genuinely care enough to know.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I dunno, I’m sure there’s a part of them that doesn’t want to scare off all the free labor they get from the community developers.

Google’s thinking has gone short term “next quarter must go up.” They would absolutely trash their Android dev community for a quick buck, 100%.

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 13 points 19 hours ago

This is the exact same argument the Hackintosh community had. "Apple will never put a stop to us, we're the hardcore tinkerers who find bugs in their software before any normal user!"

Google doesn't care. The hardcore users on the bleeding edge make up 0.001% of people with an Android phone. Pissing them off will not affect the shareholders.