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Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

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Post by csomar »

Ms-J wrote: post #60

This is the worst thing to happen to technology in recent times since there is only two major phone OS's. It isn't possible to ban encryption, so the governments have to chip away at security and privacy using these techniques. From: https://developer.android.com/developer-verification "You may also need to upload official government ID." This won't end well for Google or the governments involved when the people get…

Over a billion people use iOS and more would have if they could afford it. These companies have big data and they know how many people it’ll affect/annoy. You are outnumbered.

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Post by edg5000 »

It's starting to look like I may end up with two phones. One with Lineage and most of my apps, hopefully, and another one with Play Protect which hopefully will be just my bank app. Google has become way too powerful and is encroaching step by step on our freedom, it's terrible. Tt's been going on for a long time. It's the IT equivalant of authoritarianism!!

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Post by edg5000 »

FromTheSteppe wrote: post #337

So people from countries US has sanctioned can't even develop and use mobile apps anymore. This will change millions of innocent lives. So unfair and racist. The reason my people are in this mess in the first place is a US coup.

Agreed!

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Post by edg5000 »

If you think about it, the only thing that keeps this OS vendor in this duopolistic position is the fact that people rely on a certain proprietary apps. We need ways to do things like messaging and banking in a universal way, just like we can do with email, calls, texts and web. Banking and messaging should be fully universal so we don't rely on specific apps only available on specific app stores. That would take all power away from this satanic US companies!!!

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Post by mardifoufs »

guywithahat wrote: post #44

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Ok sure but at this point, what's the point in using Android? Google seems to just never stop adding restrictions, maybe for good reasons, but at this point Android is just going to be a cheaper, worse iOS for cheaper devices. There's no reason in buying high end android devices now imo, since they are more expensive than equivalent Apple devices. The freedom that came with Android was the only reason I bothered. Might as well use iOS and its much better official store's app ecosystem, with side loading functionally no longer being a viable option.

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Post by eikenberry »

wvenable wrote: post #174

I predict Windows will end up going this route before Google backtracks on it. This is the future; partially fuelled by malware, partially fuelled by the desire for platform control, and partially fuelled by government regulation.

This would also mean eliminating WSL2.

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Post by abullinan »

gethly wrote: post #96

> Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store This is absolutely unacceptable. That's like you having to submit your personal details to Microsoft in order to just run a program on Windows. Absolutely nuts and it will not go as they think it will.

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