Okay, this stinks more.
Android developer verification: Building a safer ecosystem together
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/android-developer-verification.html
com.google.android.verifier
https://support.google.com/android/answer/17065026
Annoying as fuck but at least still possible to use F-Droid after the one-time, day-long “setup.”
@avidamoeba
For the time being. There is no stopping them making it store specific.Exactly. I’m not feeding into Google’s bullshit. iPhone is no better. It’s looking like my next phone will be a flip phone.
If Jolla phones keep it up, might look into that one.
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only if you open it up permanently, totally negating any kind of attempt at an improvement over safety
I love having shizuku, and canta, because when the day comes, I just have to connect shizuku and using canta I can delete google play services and just start using microG
You can only uninstall those apps from the current user or all users, you can’t delete Google’s pre-placed apks in your system, which you will need in order to install microG
Can we install a stub package called com.google.android.verifier so the silent installation of malware will fail? It’s technically feasible?
@Moonrise2473
Probably, probably not. Something similar to microG may surely be possible.
Future may see something different like this: https://security.googleblog.com/?utm%5C_source=chatgpt.com
