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Google announced a new requirement: starting September 2026, every Android app developer must register centrally with Google before their software can be installed on any device. (i.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/FightForPrivacy@sopuli.xyz
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[–] -2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

At the risk of being booed out of the room I'm all for developers of the apps on my phone being fully transparent about who they are.

The fees are changing but unless you're a AAA game developer then it will be to your benefit. The current flat rate of 30% on all proceeds is being tiered so that you only pay 10% up to the first 1MUSD.

The $25 set up fee is unchanged afaics.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Plausible anonymity is a crucial safety tool for allowing developers to resist the forces of capital. These sorts of things aim to remove that so any sort of deviation from the mainstream, such as Lemmy, can be more effectively repressed via social pressure if nothing else.

    Developers, musicians, etc. figured out the solution to the "how to get both anonymity and trust/transparency?" Issue a long time ago and that's through pseudonyms. This breaks the anonymity part and does nothing to increase trust.

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