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I think the goal is to push it silently as a Google system service, rather than wait for manufacturers to ship an OS or app store update.
There’s a real possibility your phone already has Android Developer Verifier installed and sitting dormant until enforcement begins.
You can check for the package now:
"com.google.android.verifier"
If it's there...well...
Try to uninstall it with ADB if it's already installed on ya phone, i use ShizuTools personally
Yep, just reinstall the OS so that's removed, and you're unimpacted. Easy.
Like herpes, it comes back :) The second you connect to WiFi or mobile data....
If you want to avoid it - for good - you need to install CFW. Or you need to play whackamole with firewalls. But those come with other issues.
Big evil knows what they're doing - switching it off and on again won't fool em for long (if at all) :(
No, it doesn't come back. Google will not be installed by default.
I've never had it on my phone because I never add gapps when installing Android.
Well sure, if you're installing CFW or aosp and you don't need the ever increasing cruft that seems to rely on Play store authentication. Never install GApps, done.
Some folks (not you or I) need to access play store to install their apps (I think even WhatsApp and Signal need it now; I couldn't install it on my phone), 2FA, transport apps, bank apps etc.
Catch 22 for them.
Nah, and when this deadline hits, we'll see even more people forced to remove gapps.
And there will be a larger user base that won't be able to use that cruft shady apps that depend on it