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Google Will Require Developer Verification

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16 points Ms-J | 3 comments | 01 Sep 25 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Ms-J ◴[01 Sep 25 12:11 UTC] No.45092084[source]▶
Talk about this with your family and friends. It is the most important tech issue we are facing today.

"With developer verification in the form of sending in a scan of your government ID now mandatory, along with providing your contact information."

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palata ◴[01 Sep 25 12:51 UTC] No.45092339[source]▶
> It is the most important tech issue we are facing today.

How so? I cannot anonymously get a bank account, I cannot anonymously get a phone number, I cannot anonymously get a domain name. I don't see how terrible it is to have to be verified to distribute your app.

Noting that if you worry about banned apps like NewPipe, then first I don't know that Google will prevent its sideloading, and anyway NewPipe is open source so you can build and install it yourself.

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1. wosined ◴[01 Sep 25 13:24 UTC] No.45092519[source]▶
> I cannot anonymously get a bank account, I cannot anonymously get a phone number, I cannot anonymously get a domain name. I don't see how terrible it is to have to be verified to distribute your app.

All of those are a privacy nightmare as well. Now we add another. The total amount of freedom has diminished.

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2. palata ◴[01 Sep 25 14:59 UTC] No.45093182[source]▶
Do you also think that having a police department is a nightmare because it diminishes the total amount of freedom?
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3. wosined ◴[04 Sep 25 13:39 UTC] No.45127165[source]▶
Depends on the extent of policing.