Google to require developer verification to install and sideload Android apps

Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by Ciantic on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:49AM (#45025830)

I have no answer, I'm asking the same question. Who can raise serious funds like 1 billion to do it? I'm guessing for FOSS/Linux crowd to get fully behind, it can't be a company, but a person like Linus Torvalds. Given that browsers are becoming a platform themselves for major apps, maybe it can lower the bar in the future for smaller vendors to create a feasible market.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by niutech on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:42AM (#45027229)

Even Linus wouldn't be enough. If anybody could, it would be China and its conglomerates like Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by TheCraiggers on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @09:46AM (#45026503)

I'm hoping that Linus "pulls a git" and suddenly announces that he got fed up with Android last week and created a new OS that solves everyone's problems.

A person can dream.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by noisy_boy on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:45AM (#45028140)

> created a new OS that solves everyone's problems.

Created a hobby OS, just a hobby, won't be big

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