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Google Will Require Developer Verification

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16 points Ms-J | 2 comments | 01 Sep 25 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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palata ◴[01 Sep 25 12:20 UTC] No.45092150[source]▶
I genuinely don't really get it. If someone tells me "here is an app I wrote, it is not open source, I won't tell you who I am and you need to sideload it", I most definitely won't install it. Who would do that?

If it is open source, then I can build and install it myself. If the developer gets verified, then I can sideload it.

I totally agree that device manufacturers should be forced by law to make it possible to run an alternative OS like GrapheneOS, but this topic gets virtually no attention. Whereas everybody seems very pissed about the sideloading story.

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1. stop50 ◴[01 Sep 25 12:25 UTC] No.45092167[source]▶
Then Apple and google will start a campaign to kill it within a second.
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2. palata ◴[01 Sep 25 12:44 UTC] No.45092296[source]▶
Not sure what your point is. Are you saying that Google should be forced by law to allow unverified developers on their own OS, but that it would not be possible to have a law making it mandatory to allow alternative OSes?

I mean if they are above the law, they are above the law. No need to discuss anything. If they are not, then we can discuss what's best for the users. And it is my opinion that allowing alternative OSes is better for the users than allowing sideloading of unverified apps.