Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store | TechCrunch
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Google will ask all Android developers to verify their identity starting next year.

Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store.

    • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Right now? Yeah, its very easy to do, and there’s a download link for it included in GrapheneOS’s preinstalled app-store.

      I am however worried that eventually Google will make running custom software (apks, alternate firmwares) so difficult that development for those will stop long term.