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Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores …

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BroBot9000 Oct 7

Google can go fuck itself.

Hopefully this will put some jet fuel into the Linux phone development.

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grrgyle Oct 7

I’m checking out Graphene OS next week and pretty pumped about it. This Google ratfucking has been just the push I need to get off Android.

And obviously I haven’t stopped telling people around me haha

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SaharaMaleikuhm Oct 7

You are of course aware that Graphene OS is affected just like any other version of Android?

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other8026

GrapheneOS won’t be affected. The developer verification thing will be handled by another app and won’t be part of the OS. That app won’t have permission to block app installs or anything like that.