VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoGoogle plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verificationarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10
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minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down1·21 days agoI don’t want to distribute apps, I just want to be able to install whatever I want on the hardware I own.
minus-squaremodem_down@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·21 days agoI feel the same way, but can you explain how a VPN would help achieve that in the face of Google’s proposed developer verification scheme?
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoI’m basing this on OP’s comment Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
minus-squareundrwater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoMy first thought reading this was that the “cool down” period to install (side load apps) would also be waived. That’s not what this says though.
minus-squareSuper Mega Ultra Edition DX Unleashed 64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down25·edit-221 days agoWhy do people seem to think ungoogled won’t just become ‘unverified’ and the world won’t just keep spinning as usual? This sucks for anyone with a stock phone, sure. Oh no, I can’t use my banking app! Oh no! 🙄 Guess you’ll actively have to remember your balance. The horror.
minus-squaremycodesucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·21 days agoComputers still exist and they still have browsers and they still work for your bank’s website. Even in the browser of an unverified phone.
minus-squaredandi8@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·21 days agoAnd how am I going to get past the bank’s custom 2FA which requires the phone app?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·21 days agoYou use a different bank. Honestly, if people voted with their feet, these issues wouldn’t be as common
I don’t want to distribute apps, I just want to be able to install whatever I want on the hardware I own.
I feel the same way, but can you explain how a VPN would help achieve that in the face of Google’s proposed developer verification scheme?
I’m basing this on OP’s comment
My first thought reading this was that the “cool down” period to install (side load apps) would also be waived.
That’s not what this says though.
Why do people seem to think ungoogled won’t just become ‘unverified’ and the world won’t just keep spinning as usual?
This sucks for anyone with a stock phone, sure.
Oh no! 🙄 Guess you’ll actively have to remember your balance. The horror.
Computers still exist and they still have browsers and they still work for your bank’s website.
Even in the browser of an unverified phone.
And how am I going to get past the bank’s custom 2FA which requires the phone app?
You use a different bank. Honestly, if people voted with their feet, these issues wouldn’t be as common