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Say what you will about the country, but gov.br and PIX put everything else to shame and no one even came close to something like that

But you're not handing your phone over, it stays in your hand and if there's a QR code to scan they'll scan it with the phone in your hand

In Brazil, the officer just uses their own phone to scan a validation QR on the ID app, at no point your phone leaves your hand and in a few seconds the officer has what they need. Shouldn't this be the case in the EU? AFAIK the officers only take your physical ID to check the number, so if you're using the app they shouldn't need to confirm that as the info is already validated

If you can't have fun then no one can, right?

AFAIK there is a mode that focuses on story, at least there was since I last played a year ago

Hey, anything to get the CEO yet another raise

If you root, unlock your bootloader or run a custom ROM, nothing changes since your device does not pass the integrity checks and Google already had a feature for developers to block apps from running on those devices.

These new additions are also entirely irrelevant for apps distributed outside of the Play Store since Play Integrity requires the app being downloaded from the store.

Also, all of these additions are entirely up to the developers to add, Google is not forcing anything.

For apps installed through the play store, developers have the option to add these "layers of security" with Play Integrity. The one the screenshot shows keeps you from opening and using an app if specific apps are detected to be running in the background (like a bank app blocking you from using it if a screen recorder app is running on the background). Another feature is apps blocking them from running if they weren't installed from the play store (like side loading a bank app and it prevents it from running because it might be malicious).

For apps distributed outside of the Play Store (and for people side loading them) and those running rooted/bootloader unlocked devices nothing changes, as Play Integrity is no longer in effect in those cases

They're probably referring to fiduciary duty, but with their own words.

This seems good and all on paper but in the real world this means you become a social outcast that's left out of everything

In my experience, doesn't matter. You can use lutris/bottles or install on a windows pc and copy files to the Deck and it'll work, the distro is irrelevant in this case.

I stick with Steam OS because I don't see any real world benefits of changing to another distro

They have already stated they'll do a premium subscription