Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store | TechCrunch
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Google will ask all Android developers to verify their identity starting next year.

Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store.

    • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I don’t think it will. It hasn’t so far, despite there having been linux phones in the past, and it’s got the Windows Phone/Symbian problem where users don’t go to it because it lacks support for the apps they use, and developers don’t support it because it doesn’t have much by way of users.

      • Tenkard@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Let’s hope, gaming on Linux has become so good I un installed windows completely…

      • msage@programming.devEnglish
        101·
        2 days ago

        That’s why we need to move to it - be the egg that becomes the first chicken.

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I mean we do have the benefit of Waydroid on most Linux distros, so maybe it’ll be a Wine/proton situation where the new OS emulates Android apps in a separate container.

    • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      10·
      1 day ago

      There are a few key issues with mobile Linux:

      1. UIs that have simply not gotten any attention
      2. A severe lack of decent hardware
      3. Scaled down desktop apps on a phone (seriously who thought this was a good idea)
      4. No security whatsoever
      5. Basic features missing or requiring a significant degree of tinkering to get working such as audio or calling