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Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026 (android-developers.googleblog.com)
submitted 13 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36316138

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Whatever the hell I do outside the playstore is none of Googles business and though this too is handwaved away by claiming improved security, we all know this has fuck all to do with security.

This is just again Google being a monopoly and wanting to stay that way by pushing out other developers

I guarantee you that newpipe devs will not be able to get verified, and now Google can block yet another app

Fuck. google. (Also apple and gicrosoft

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 hours ago

Their 'verified' app store already has tons of fake malware apps being distributed on it, maybe they should clean up their act first.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

OK, this sounds problematic. I don't see any obvious language for opting out and it doesn't seem there's intent to opt out. There's probably going to be a dev option to allow it but that would probably still make installing from sources like F-Droid impractical.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 minutes ago

there is already a dev option that users need to enable to use fdroid and such, and google wants to change that now. I doubt that they will just add a 2nd dev option, because that wouldn't change anything.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure the newpipe devs are going to coincidentally not be allowed to be verified... Oops no YouTube viewer.... Ughhh...

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fixed that....remove YouTube!

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 minutes ago

and how do you explain that to your family? you got off youtube, but they won't be happy.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They're afraid of more ICE trackers

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Remember, it's important that technology and advancement only be used by capital, never by the underclass.

[–] notso@feddit.org 5 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, imagine a world where plebs had control over and ownership of the devices they use... (shudders)