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Haven't generated an APK for months inside Android Studio (lemmy.ml)
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Does anyone here actually support Google's Developer Verification?

I don’t. I’ve put a warning about it in my repo because I’m against policies like sideloading restrictions, forced ID verification.

Curious what other devs here think. Is Play Store still worth the hassle?

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[–] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Does that mean this app won't be available on app store, but can be installed from other places? I know there are on going changes regarding this topic, but I'm not fully informed. And researching will bring probably ton of Ai generated articles I'm not willing to look into. Could F-Droid still be used on a "regular" Android?

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  • [–] 32 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    What it means can be read, for example, in Detail here: https://keepandroidopen.org/en/

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  • [–] 17 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Holy mother of duck! This is worse than I thought. I assume custom firmware like LineageOS or e/OS don't have these restrictions. But most people have stock Android off course.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    This rules are part of and enforced by the google play framework, so I would assume that as soon as Google Play and/or Google Play Services are installed on Lineage or other custom roms that then the same limitations come in effect. This is only an assuption by me, based on how I understand it, so I may be, and I hope that I am, very wrong.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    There is an alternative service called microG, an Open Source alternative to Google libraries to replace Google Play Services in example. This makes it possible to use the Play Store without Googles proprietary stuff. However I don't know how compatible it is, but it is big part of alternative custom roms to replace Google as much as possible. I don't use the Play Store, so cannot say first hand how good it works. More info on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroG .

    Maybe this new policy and stuff could affect this alternative implementation of Google Services?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    They've been continually removing things from that and making actual Google stuff more required. To be fair, they had a good reason because it let them get around the carriers never updating anything.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    No it means you won't be allowed to install the app on any certified devices at all. Regardless of where it's obtained.

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