Google Will Require Developer Verification

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."

> 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.

> 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.

Do you also think that having a police department is a nightmare because it diminishes the total amount of freedom?