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Not a troll, just someone who read the article to see what these developer verification changes actually entail.

What fraction of users do you think have a legitimate need to sideload apps on Android? I would imagine it's much less than 0.5%. Developers and technically-minded power users must…

Google have full control to do this on their Pixel devices by rolling out new firmware with further restrictions - though there is no evidence they plan to do so. However other ven…

That is speculation. Is there any evidence?

This might open up a market opportunity for an "F-Droid box" that one would plug into an Android phone over USB, to install and update F-Droid apps over adb. Or the equivalent soft…

On Android you can both install and run apps over adb. The linked article explains: > Participating in developer verification will not affect your experience in Android Studio, the…

Is there any evidence that Google plan to do this?

Not really though, as you can still install apps over adb without developer verification, same as always.

This isn't so bad. Unlike other mobile OSes (namely iOS and HarmonyOS), you will still be able to install whatever you like on Android over a USB debugging connection (adb) without…