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Sunshine@piefed.ca Joined: 2025-06-07

Google's Android developer verification rule gets its first real-world test on September 30, 2026. In Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, installing or updating an app on a certified Android device will require that app's developer to be registered with Google.

Sammirr@aussie.zone Joined: 2024-06-03

Obligatory Fuck Google

cheat700000007@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-02-14

*installing

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2023-07-01

This article is either AI shit or is outdated.

Google has specified what the advanced flow is in detail (24 hour wait peep for one time)

Successful_Try543@feddit.org Joined: 2024-06-22

You forgot the mandatory reboot during the 24 h waiting period.

"Advanced flow" for installing apps

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html

ArfArfWoof@europe.pub Joined: 2025-12-27

sideloading is not a real word, stop being a shill

Dojan@pawb.social Joined: 2025-03-20

Ah well then it’s all fine. Of course Google should get to impose a moratorium on me installing software on a device I’ve bought. That’s only sensible.

cybernihongo@reddthat.com Joined: 2026-01-12

We don't want that. Fuck off Google.

cheeseburger@lemmy.ca Joined: 2023-07-14

The post title is the same as the article headline, as it should be; it is the donkey/robot who wrote it using the term, not Sunshine.

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