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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com)
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https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can you at least put a custom ROM on to disable this?

[–] wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

The issue is that Android used to be open source but they're moving to closed source under the guise of security as well which will make it difficult/impossible to update the rom