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> separate account type that does not have a submission fee or require legal documents

We do not know yet who will be considered "hobbyist". I would say they might check the user base. When hitting app installation threshold for let say 1,000 users, they will force you to pass the full legal check. Otherwise they will start blocking any further installations.

Google to make sideloading Android apps _harder_ by _force_ verifying developer identity for 25$ and bunch of legal documents.
Re:Android 16 Is Here on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @04:29AM (#44245418)
To reduce disparency between the Samsung fork and the upstream. Google will implement this feature anyway, then why not agree on implementation details to have less merge conflicts in the future?
Re:Show HN: FFmpeg UI on Thursday June 15, 2023 @02:37AM (#36337142)