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2025-08-30 06:37 UTC
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@tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange 2025-08-30 09:16
@drchaos@sauropods.win @kkarhan@infosec.space @adventure_tense@mapstodon.space @Gargron@mastodon.social We don't know that yet. First of all, I don't think it's detailed yet whether Google will block developers from being verified based on terms that have nothing to do with the identification being real/accurate (e.g. no ad-blocking YouTube front-ends because it violates non-security related terms). A large amount of apps will be able to get verified probably because they won't violate any terms Google enforces, whatever those will end up being. Second of all, it won't apply to non-certified OSes. Whether it's viable for most of the apps on F-Droid to continue development if they would only be accessible on non-certified OSes remains to be seen. I don't know if there is any data about what percentage of F-Droid apps and FOSS apps in general gets consumed by people running alternative non-licensed OSes compared to licensed OSes developed by the Android OEMs.