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Google will be restricting Android soon! (piefed.ca)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Google will soon be requiring android app developers to pay $25 to register their governments ids to make apps outside of the play store.

The package (com.google.android.verifier) will be introduced on devices running Android 8 or higher, granting Google the ability to block the installation of unverified apps.

Complete your migration plans before Google puts up the barbed wire making it much harder to leave.

The alternatives are Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, FuriOS, Ubuntu Touch and Postmarket OS.

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[-] swiftywizard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Community Build runs fine for moto edge 30 fusion, I like e/OS for the convenient integration of a tracker/DNS blocker and whitelisting of apps to access your real gps data since it is required for wifi/ble operations on android. You can set a fixed location for the apps where you only really need the permission, like a wifi scanner or pairing new headphones.