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Re:Android Developer Verification by realusername on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:35AM (#47583524)
What you are proposing won't solve anything, the #1 source of malware on Android is Play Store ads, here I said it.

And Google benefits financially from the problem.

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Re:Android Developer Verification by fc417fc802 on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @03:41AM (#47583971)
Financial incentives aside, a higher assurance tier on the app store would enable me to tell my relatives "all apps that handle money or government details will always have this mark next to them" among other things. Whereas the current situation has me actively investigating moving them over to graphene.
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Re:Android Developer Verification by izacus on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:51AM (#47583648)
You "saying it" doesn't make it true.
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Re:Android Developer Verification by sayamqazi on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @03:21AM (#47583847)
You "refusing to believe it" doesn't make it go away.
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Re:Android Developer Verification by realusername on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:55AM (#47583687)
Meanwhile, on the Play Store... https://ibb.co/DJKGM8d
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