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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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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah I'm not debating that there is fear mongering about this at all, just - as you noted - this is not about protecting users. Thats a farce.

This is about Google trying to close up their ecosystem, device first. That is the issue I take with this whole situation, its a clear step in that direction being marketed as something it decidedly is not.

And I think Android users should recognize what it actually is, and try to find a different option than Apple or Google going forward.

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