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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification

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[–] 33 points 1 year ago (9 children)

How does this affect "second-party" apps (i.e. apps you have created yourself)? Are you still allowed to go to Android studio, make an APK, transfer it to your own phone, and install that app? If no, this spells the death of experimental indie developers on Android.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    yes. from what I understand, you will get a developer key from Google, and then you will sign your APK with your key.

    you'll still be able to sideload apps that have been signed with developer keys. the main point here is that Google is forcing the developer to identify themselves.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    You don't need to sign anything just turn off play protect with 1 adb command:

    adb shell settings get global package_verifier_user_consent
adb shell settings put global package_verifier_user_consent -1  # disable Play Protect
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