Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store

• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I highly doubt they’ll sign Torrent clients.

  (Yes I torrent on my phone, cuz why not lol :P)

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Torrent client is just an application, author shouldn’t be responsible - naive thinking I suppose

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  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Torrent clients are not illegal in any way. So why not?

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Idk, apple doesn’t allow them on their app store.

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      • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Right sorry. I thought you meant developers won’t sign them. I hope Google at least will only sign identities, e.g. you really are DeathByBigSad and not look at the apps themselves, but that may be too much to hope for.

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• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How many great apps will we lose because of this, though?

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  • nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What’s extra funny is that I already did all of this, and yet, I’ve been informed that my developer account is subject to deletion because I’m not active enough. Since my game does not get regular updates, I said F this, let them delete my account. It’s still available for sideload on itch.io anyway. Jokes on me.

    Seems to me like Google is actively hostile towards building a library of software/games that just work and intentionally only wants live service garbage apps on their platform because those make more revenue.

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’d say a big ton of them :(

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• Integrate777@discuss.online ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Can Nintendo request Google revoke authorization for emulator developers? Or publishers requesting revoking any of the hugely popular manga aggregator apps. Or maybe they’ll just outright refuse them from the start, like they will with revanced.

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m on your side and you are correct, besides Google amassing a ton of money (each registration costs $25) they will have total control and we know that Google is far beyond “not evil”.

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  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    none of those apps would receive authorization in this scenario

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• themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We just need to find a way to fake it, I guess anyone that wants to sideload has to root.

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The only way to fake it would be to use a “public” signature, but then again, I’m sure google will revoke them eventually. I guess rooting won’t be enough, one would have to change some internal binaries. Perhaps it’s time for a ungooglified android OS 🤷‍♂️

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