Google's new developer verification requirements starting September 2026 will force ALL Android app developers to register with Google - even those avoiding the Play Store entirely. F-Droid, the tr...
And got away with it, which probably assured Google that they can do something similar (though coming from the opposite direction) without upsetting the EU…
The EU hasn’t even been able to stop Apple, who’s been doing this for 20 years.
And yet the EU did force Apple to goddamn finally use USB-C in their phones. It wasn’t out of their own goodwill.
And to allow installing non-market apps. Apple wasn’t happy about that in the slightest.
And implemented it in the shittiest way possible
And got away with it, which probably assured Google that they can do something similar (though coming from the opposite direction) without upsetting the EU…
Rumor has it that sideloading will still be possible using ADB, that is the shittiest way possibile