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Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 109 points 2 days ago (1 children)

giving external developers the opportunity to pay $25 and verify their identities

Extortion too

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Having been in the app store development community for a decade, this isn't honestly the WORST thing. So much malware gets pushed now it's a fucking gha-tto. This isn't the worst thing to combat, though I believe there should be a FREE tier for Open Source or otherwise community-driven apps to be released on with zero barriers - AGAIN, oenisn game sort of verification which could be cheap, reliable and FREE.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me the worst part is giving Google a phone number and copy of id document. Not a problem with companies, but for individuals it is huge.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you use your Google account to log into your Android phone, they already have your number, tied to you.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, but they don't publish it.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What is oenisn? Misspelled Genshin? Leninism? Bosnian? Penis?

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I see a lot more malware and apps from bad actors on the Google Play Store than I do on F-droid.