The new Android developer verification requirement starting in 2026 means that all apps installed on certified Android devices will have to come from verified developers who have undergone identity verification with Google. This move is intended to increase app safety measures by confirming develope…

[image] strypey: It is a known fact that it will apply all app developers, not just those suspected of injecting malware into their apps. Yes, of course all developers need registration. What I meant specifically is that they now claim it is for security and they will use this to stop distrib…

[image] Licaon_Kter: I have an issue with you folks that are so familiar with it but still continue to peddle “the next proprietary silo” As I said, but you clearly got too distracted by the colourful idiom involving eggs to notice; [image] strypey: Someone asked for an app for a Free Ne…

That is why we need to get off the Android ecosystem and attendant apps.F-Droid is a stop gap until real alternatives, not sanctioned by the state and attendant corporate lobbyists, emerge. Europe made some positive steps with the likes of Jolla, Fairphone et al, it would be nice if North America ca…

Hence the Arceus 2600, Arceus AOS & Arceus LOS.

[image] MAU: Are there not enough of us to move to a better self created ecosystem? Or create a Linux like system that can take a phone and install a fresh OS not tied to the Evil Empire? In a word: no. Most people do not know or do not care about the predations of the major tech companies, l…

Plus, we still have Shizuku (Plus Install with Options & Installer X Revived) & AnyAPK, which work via ADB. So Google hasn’t completely locked out Android yet.

[image] cliffcoggin: In a word: no. Most people do not know or do not care about the predations of the major tech companies, leaving too few of us who do care to be a viable market for any manufacturer to produce an economical phone or an OS. Look at the disastrous mess that was the Librem 5. Ov…

[image] MAU: thEn they deserve the Google ecosystem and its attendant lockdowns You keep forgetting that this gives Google power that will inflict upon you later, gives it monopoly on stuff that impacts you today, it’s not a “them”-only problem

That’s why I didn’t respond to that.

[image] MAU: If users do not know or care, than they deserve the Google ecosystem @Licaon_Kter Encouraging alternative mobile ecosystems and buying from other than complicit ‘Empire’ manufacturers would not help Google. Though there is something called the imperial boomerang coined by Aimé Cé…

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Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading