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submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by jksalcedo@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Does anyone here actually support Google's Developer Verification?

I don’t. I’ve put a warning about it in my repo because I’m against policies like sideloading restrictions, forced ID verification.

Curious what other devs here think. Is Play Store still worth the hassle?

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[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago

Is Play Store still worth the hassle?

If you're a for-profit business yeah more or less, if not hell no just publish on f-droid or something

[-] Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de 3 points 7 hours ago

f-droid needs the app to be foss. maybe something like codebergXobtainium will work for closed source. There is also itch.io with the inofficial mitch client which could be worth a upload pipeline but i dont know

[-] Remy@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

Are there any relevant/common reason to keep an app closed source if its NOT for profit?

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