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And a day after you release, Google will say "Oh no you don't" and unverify your app, preventing it from being installed or run. Which is you know, kind of the point of this maneuver.
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That very much depends on the country, many require ID.
You can use any country's SIM card in any other country, regardless of its registration status.
And even in that case, doing this for a long period of time violates most roaming policies
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I suspect it's also a defense against antitrust law suits - lock in was how they got sued for things circa Internet Explorer. Frankly they should still be getting sued for the way Edge and Cortana are bundled.
Then Apple should get sued for bundling Safari, and also for forcing all browser engines on iOS to use Safari - which is way worse than anything Microsoft ever did with IE.
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You can use any country's SIM card in any other country, regardless of its registration status.
… if you have roaming coverage. And even in that case, doing this for a long period of time violates most roaming policies
While it is technically feasible, it is not a good idea to try and find a technical solution to a people/organisation problem. Do not accept the premise of assholes. I hope we can get the EU to fund a truly open Android Fork. Maybe under some organisation similar to NL Labs. --- edit --- Furthermore, the need for a trustworthy binary to be auditable to a certain hash or something would make banning this a simple task…
> I hope we can get the EU to fund a truly open Android Fork. How are things in the EU on whether it's legal to buy a SIM card without showing ID?
This will not work because the goal of android developer verification is to prevent running Google-sanctioned code. If you actually tried to publish this, Google will revoke the signature on the loader APK.
Ah yes sanctioned. A word that has two opposite meanings.
While it is technically feasible, it is not a good idea to try and find a technical solution to a people/organisation problem. Do not accept the premise of assholes. I hope we can get the EU to fund a truly open Android Fork. Maybe under some organisation similar to NL Labs. --- edit --- Furthermore, the need for a trustworthy binary to be auditable to a certain hash or something would make banning this a simple task…
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You can use any country's SIM card in any other country, regardless of its registration status.
… if you have roaming coverage. And even in that case, doing this for a long period of time violates most roaming policies