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RIP Android:
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
Since nobody is going to push back on this (I don’t even know if that would be possible), this is going to be a reality on every platform sooner or later.
I’d guess in 20, 30 years, there won’t be “PCs” anymore. No more home computing, no more “I just write my own software”. You won’t own devices anymore, it’ll all be rented and the landlord will tell you what you can do with it.
I hope that I’m wrong, but given where we are today, I don’t think that I will be.
RIP Android:
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
Since nobody is going to push back on this (I don’t even know if that would be possible), this is going to be a reality on every platform sooner or later.
I’d guess in 20, 30 years, there won’t be “PCs” anymore. No more home computing, no more “I just write my own software”. You won’t own devices anymore, it’ll all be rented and the landlord will tell you what you can do with it.
I hope that I’m wrong, but given where we are today, I don’t think that I will be.
> To combat malware and financial scams, Google announced today that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices starting in 2026.
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> This requirement applies to “certified Android devices” that have Play Protect and are preloaded with Google apps. The Play Store implemented similar requirements in 2023, but Google is now mandating this for all install methods, including third-party app stores and sideloading where you download an APK file from a third-party source.
@prologic Yes, this is another instance of restricting “personal” computing. You won’t be able to install arbitrary software anymore (“sideloading”, as they call it).
It’s not unique, it’s not new. Boiling the frog alive.
We’re heading towards this: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
@prologic Yes, this is another instance of restricting “personal” computing. You won’t be able to install arbitrary software anymore (“sideloading”, as they call it).
It’s not unique, it’s not new. Boiling the frog alive.
We’re heading towards this: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
@movq Yeah I'm worried about this too. What's the systemic problem at paay here? Capitalism at it's extreme? 🤔
@thecanine I sure hope there’s going to be push back. Is it going to happen, realistically? I don’t know.
@thecanine I sure hope there’s going to be push back. Is it going to happen, realistically? I don’t know.
@prologic I’m not smart enough to answer that question. 😅 Certainly feels like unregulated capitalism. Governments being too slow and/or unwilling to intervene … It’s a mess.
@prologic I’m not smart enough to answer that question. 😅 Certainly feels like unregulated capitalism. Governments being too slow and/or unwilling to intervene … It’s a mess.
@movq At this rate, I'm going to be carrying a feature phone in a few years' time.