cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/45277582

Opening my weather app this morning I was greeted by this warning:

Google has announced that, starting in 2026/2027, all apps on certified Android devices will require the developer to submit personal identity details directly to Google. Since the developers of this app do not agree to this requirement, this app will no longer work on certified Android devices after that time.

It's the first time I hear about this, seems to be about:

Tech crunch article from august, "google will require developer verification for android apps outside the play store"

Cirrus app: Github

Was this a big thing I somehow missed? I hope more devs will follow suit.

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[–] 17 points 1 year ago* (14 children)

Degoogled android ROMs will not have this restriction, as they will just have googles verification system removed. So until linux for mobile is a bit more ready you can still use graphene/lineage/etc.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    So long as you can still have GrapheneOS and others. Google's handling of pushing updates and device tree shows how fragile that actually is. Linux phone is going to be the best solution so long as Google runs Android

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Aparrently they are trying to close the Sharing off android.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    They can't actually do that as vendors build off of the sources.

    Luckily we have other vendors like Motorola who are very supportive of custom roms

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Very supportative" like making you wait 7 days before the option in dev settings become un-greyed lol (serious wtf, I was just about to install Lineage and learned about this bullshit, welp, guess I have to wait till next week)

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I'd stay way from Graphene but Lineage OS is solid

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Does your opinion come with a reason?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Louis Rossman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0

    Techlore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7CZ-2Bajg

    TL;DR: The Graphene devs are crazy. I wouldn't trust them personally. If they were making something lower risk like a text editor I wouldn't be a concerned but I take my phone seriously.

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