Does anyone here actually support Google's Developer Verification?
I don’t. I’ve put a warning about it in my repo because I’m against policies like sideloading restrictions, forced ID verification.
Curious what other devs here think. Is Play Store still worth the hassle?
Good! I hope alternative mobile operating systems get traction out of this!
We'll see. The plan for now is a tcl flip with hotspot and a clamshell linux box in my pocket.
And again, there is no verification need anymore!
Please read the very first sentence in that slide. Then read through those steps again (and look at the steps inside of those steps).
Yes, there is a need still, or there are a series of annoying, anti-consumer steps involved, in an effort to have a walled garden.
Android and Google are not worth supporting over this. Again, not dealing with the play store first and thoroughly tells me this has nothing to do with security. If it did, they wouldn't be going this route.