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Google will be restricting Android soon! (piefed.ca)
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Google will soon be requiring android app developers to pay $25 to register their governments ids to make apps outside of the play store.

The package (com.google.android.verifier) will be introduced on devices running Android 8 or higher, granting Google the ability to block the installation of unverified apps.

Complete your migration plans before Google puts up the barbed wire making it much harder to leave.

The alternatives are Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, FuriOS, Ubuntu Touch and Postmarket OS.

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[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Thinking about Graphene right now. If you've got time, I'd be curious to know if you've had any downsides, regrets, or drawbacks. It sounds like maybe this transit one, but in another comment it sounded like actually there's already a solution to that? Why don't you like that solution? I'm not criticizing you, I actually don't know what the solution is or what its drawbacks might be. Have you had any other issues with proprietary apps? As much as I don't use them for most things, I do use them sometimes when I have to.