I'm confused by the whole #Google Developer Verification thing...
Users won't be able to install #Android apps without their developers registering with Google?
How will this affect users of Android forks (like #LineageOS, #GrapheneOS, etc.)? I'm assuming it won't, since Google can't put anything in the #AOSP that others can't just remove in their own builds.
So presumably it only affects users of Google-ified Android?
Keep Android Open (npub1ter…7hd9) #KeepAndroidOpen
Norm
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