Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

LordCrom@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I haven’t watched the video — I would generally rather have text form content — but if Rossman is announcing the same thing that I just has elsewhere, it’s not a removal of sideloading. It requires that a developer register and provide Google with personal information for Google to led them create packages. Assuming that Google is willing to let the F-Droid developers register an account (which I assume they have) and sign the F-Droid package, it should not restrict installation of the F-Droid package.

  However, you wouldn’t be able to use F-Droid to install any packages that didn’t conform to Google’s new requirements.

  I doubt that the restriction is at the store app level, but at the package installation level.

  developer.android.com/developer-verification

  Starting in September 2026, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed on certified Android devices.

  Step 1

  Verify your identity

  You will need to provide and verify your personal details, like your legal name, address, email address, and phone number.

  If you’re registering as an organization, you’ll also need to provide a D-U-N-S number and verify your organization’s website.

  You may also need to upload official government ID.

  Step 2

  Register your apps

  You’ll need to prove you own your apps by providing your app package name and app signing keys.

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• tomiant@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My suspicion is that the main purpose of Googles decision is to stop F-Droid and Aurora Store from working.

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They don’t care about those.

    They want revanced and other ad circumvention tools out.

    They ARE an ad company, you know?

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• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And especially any youtube app that blocks ads. OF COURSE Google will never allow Newpipe, Revanced, FreeTube and so on to be installed on Android phones ever again.

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  • tomiant@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    None of those have worked for me on Android since a couple of months.

    Firefox with uBlock Origin is the last bastion, and don’t think that’s not on their radar.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Hey don’t mind me, I’m just gonna whip out my steamdeck (that I already have) to watch a youtube video using the desktop firefox. (Yes I know its 720p, but whatever lol, its good enough for gaming, its good enough for youtube)

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  • aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have no idea if this shit is coming to android tv, but i turned updates off just in case as I use SmartTube Next on it to watch ad free youtube. Ugh. Fuck google.

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• eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You can use F-Droid and other install sources on alternative ROMs.

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