Pay the $25 ransom little devs or else!
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2026
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Don't you just hit that option to allow APKs that takes 24 hours to go through?
True but this option is completely provisioned by Google server side. At any point they could say
"Due to recently passed legislation, we can no longer offer advanced flow as this method now bypasses established federal laws regarding Age Verification. Identity verification will be required moving forward for unsigned apps."
I mean, if we're talking theoreticals, they could turn off the ability to install any apps outside of the Play Store if they decided to. They could even turn off the ability to install any apps at all, from any source.
There's no reason to believe that any of those things are going to happen, though, nor is there any reason to believe that the theoretical you posed is going to happen.
I can't wait to be interested in an app, and have to wait an entire 24 hours to install it on my own computer
At least until google removes that option as well