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"Verified Developers" are coming to Google Play.

Yes, this even applies to sideloading applications. Yes, sideloading will still technically be allowed, but only if the app comes from a verified developer.

Sideloading apps from unverified developers will be blocked on certified Android devices/OS, regardless of how you obtain the APK.

It seems the only way to install apps from @Zapstore in the future might be to run a custom ROM such as Graphene, etc.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html

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Matt - Kind 1 Sisyphus · 61w

Treat me like a retard, Daddy Google.

New devices will start implementing measures to prevent custom ROMs https://media.tenor.com/1WVvcP8VjkMAAAAC/you-heard-it-here-first-folks-tj-hunt.gif

I'm an ignorant peasant... Does it mean that a noob like me will no longer be able to install APKs on my Android phone, to test the cool stuff you guys make around here?

jon martins · 61w

And how convenient that the EU has just passed a bill this month that bootloader- unlocking features are no longer allowed on devices with CE approval?? Samsung is already officially complying. Not that it was ever easy to do so with their crap. Stock up on devices that still can take Lineage and G...

Yet another robot · 61w

This is quite terrible news. My trash vibe-coded morse code app will now doxx me. Lovely.

Chris Fisher · 61w

I mean, as long as Apple gets away with it, Google will trend towards it... Give them another five years, and they'll push everyone into some kind of TestFlight system to side-load, and just claim they are following best practices.

dale_gribble · 61w

When nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg phone?

Graphene OS every day and twice on Sunday.

falsefaucet · 61w

will be interesting how they are gonna handle stuff already installed, if they are tackling this im sure they are gonna try and make graphenes' life even harder too.

Vaeringr ☦ · 61w

I just learned that Linux phones are a thing: https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgvuym9del7l2myk3zzpe0mdpqrey0gnkf8msfmepg4swmxm3uz8gpzemhxue69uhhwmm59ehx7um5wgh8qctjw3uj7q3q2ujuf2pf9qz66zvfrw0c2qx9jfyumxr28pn5575zry24z6aylqsqxpqqqqqqz7qldya

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moonsettler · 61w

you no longer own the device you purchased. that's what i'm reading. an other nail in the coffin. now they just need to get manufacturers disable unlocking the bootloader. game over, thanks for playing!

Leo Wandersleb · 61w

Damn, I hate this timeline. Fighting for self-sovereignty is so tiring ... https://npub1gm7tuvr9atc6u7q3gevjfeyfyvmrlul4y67k7u7hcxztz67ceexs078rf6.blossom.band/b3e24187c31ccb1b604a836ba1e18b5958b18b480a211dd9bb8e3445891b017d.png

Michael ⚡️S⚡️ · 61w

#GrapheneOS it is.

Just arrived...from verified developers in Brazil, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. https://chronicle.ziomc.com/a3d593551966cc9ad057154747bdaf05fe2a0f9777773f042b5d5deccf7dbb94.jpg