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submitted 3 days ago by mas@jlai.lu to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/24787719

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.

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[-] echedeylr 7 points 2 days ago

Only available to people who can afford nearly an iPhone x3

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Well, it's not a cheap phone, but it's a phone for the rest of your life, it's full modular, that means, you can fix and change everything by yourself any component of the phone, no need to pay money to an technic workshop. Apart it offers also sys specs which fits the price.

[-] echedeylr 3 points 2 days ago

All this still does not matter if you cannot afford it. It is as simple as that.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, even if you can't afford the price for an FairPhone, you can use /e/OS or also LinageOS in your Phone instead of Android, they are free and full based on the Android code, so all your apps will work in these without problems, but without Google breathing in your neck, dictating which app you can use and which not. You can also use some Linux distros made for Mobile, like Ubuntu Mobile and others, but these are not so compatible with Android apps, despite that Android is also an modified Linux, so it's better to use the mencioned de-googled forks.

[-] echedeylr 1 points 2 days ago

I use LineageOS4microG but as far as I can read, this will apply to Android itself and I am yet to see if LineageOS devs will avoid implementing the measure or what.

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