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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by abeyer on Monday August 25, 2025 @06:21PM (#45019829)
That's where the "prohibitively difficult" part comes in... surely they don't expect every developer on every open source app in the world to have their own app registration/package name for the same app, do they? Feels like an N * M problem, if so.
Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by luke-stanley on Monday August 25, 2025 @06:27PM (#45019907)
They are namespacing, like it or not, and clearly they don't care about open-source that much.
Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by weikju on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @12:01AM (#45022138)
Get rid of those pesky open source guys, keep the merchants who want $$$ and can pay $ to Google.