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From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rules
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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I'm curious, how does this affect EU users? Isn't this against our rules?
It's trying to squeeze through a legal loophole. They have to allow apps from outside their appstore. But law does not explicitly say they can't require them to be verified by google first.