Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoGoogle plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026android-developers.googleblog.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: degoogle@discuss.tchncs.deandroid@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.iddegoogle@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.zipTechnology@programming.dev
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minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agothere is already a dev option that users need to enable to use fdroid and such, and google wants to change that now. I doubt that they will just add a 2nd dev option, because that wouldn’t change anything.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoIt’s not a dev option at the moment. It’s a permission setting and it doesn’t require enabling developer options.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agooh, right, my bad. I so rarely go to that menu that I forgot it.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoYup, makes sense. You do it in the beginning and then you forget about it. Until you change a phone. 😊
there is already a dev option that users need to enable to use fdroid and such, and google wants to change that now. I doubt that they will just add a 2nd dev option, because that wouldn’t change anything.
It’s not a dev option at the moment. It’s a permission setting and it doesn’t require enabling developer options.
oh, right, my bad. I so rarely go to that menu that I forgot it.
Yup, makes sense. You do it in the beginning and then you forget about it. Until you change a phone. 😊