Use this form to submit questions or feedback about the new Android developer verification requirements announced in August 2025.
You can learn more about the requirements in the Android developer verification guide. Sign up for early access here.
Sounds like the thing that will finally get me onto another platform. Sideloading is the only way around most of these companys’ draconian restrictions.
Not a lot currently, but what’s needed is for the snowball to start rolling. This means the early adopters will have to make the more difficult decision of choosing “lesser” options wrt. comfort and convenience, compatibility, and bang for your buck. All decisions matter, and it will have long-term effects en masse.
Back to a Java flip phone then. Or just off portable radio based computing as a whole. We don’t need portable telephony, and we certainly don’t need to carry portable supercomputers.
Sounds like the thing that will finally get me onto another platform. Sideloading is the only way around most of these companys’ draconian restrictions.
There aren’t really many choices when it comes to mobile OS.
Not a lot currently, but what’s needed is for the snowball to start rolling. This means the early adopters will have to make the more difficult decision of choosing “lesser” options wrt. comfort and convenience, compatibility, and bang for your buck. All decisions matter, and it will have long-term effects en masse.
At this point I’m ready to be an early adopter. I’m so tired that Im willing to do that.
Back to a Java flip phone then. Or just off portable radio based computing as a whole. We don’t need portable telephony, and we certainly don’t need to carry portable supercomputers.
True.
Linux on Mobile has a poor ecosystem and only works on older phones (older then most Android roms)
I will transition off Android if this gets deployed, this is unacceptable.