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  • Re: more Android lockdown

    From mm0fmf@3:633/280.2 to All on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 17:57:38
    On 27/08/2025 03:41, yeti wrote:
    Hackaday
    Google Will Require Developer Verification Even For Sideloading <https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/>

    \o/ ____( Google always knows what's good for you! )

    F u n f o r t h e w h o l e f a m i l y !


    Someone with a business mind will set up an Android Development Company
    and register that with Google. Then will sell anonymous developer access
    for $50/year. You provide them with the APK and pay them and they sign
    it with their Google Verified ID. I should go an patent that!

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  • From Rich@3:633/280.2 to All on Thursday, August 28, 2025 07:38:38
    yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:
    Hackaday
    Google Will Require Developer Verification Even For Sideloading <https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/>

    \o/ ____( Google always knows what's good for you! )

    Yet another example of google having no new ideas beyond: "lets do what
    Apple does".


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  • From candycanearter07@3:633/280.2 to All on Saturday, August 30, 2025 05:10:06
    Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote at 21:38 this Wednesday (GMT):
    yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:
    Hackaday
    Google Will Require Developer Verification Even For Sideloading
    <https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/>

    \o/ ____( Google always knows what's good for you! )

    Yet another example of google having no new ideas beyond: "lets do what Apple does".


    That seems to be what most companies do, regardless of if it's actually
    a good idea or not (see: removing headphone jacks)
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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