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ggm
... as an open platform. Android as a mobile and home device OS is approaching 4 billion.
mike_hearn
Bad title. It should read "Android Developer Verification" or something similar.
ChocolateGod
I lost a lot of sympathy for these campaigns when they started to use hyperbole.

ADV is not a virus, nor a trojan horse.

> killing the ability to install your own software on your phone

But you can still install whatever you want over ADB...

mindcrash
I really don't see how Google will make Samsung and the big Chinese Android phone manufacturers (Xiaomi, OnePlus, ...) put this crap on their own custom Android distributions, especially because all these guys know that if they do it will have a very severe cost -- Besides Play and the Galaxy Store F-Droid is probably the third most popular distribution channel for Android apps on Galaxy devices, for example.

So I do think the only people who will be really affected by this are those running Google's own Pixel devices which are entirely locked into the Play ecosystem. The rest not so much.

preisschild
> So I do think the only people who will be really affected by this are those running Google's own Pixel devices which are entirely locked into the Play ecosystem. The rest not so much.

Ironically its the opposite because Google's Pixel series are relatively open and thus its possible to install Android forks (GrapheneOS, LineageOS) without Google Mobile Services that contain ADV

annagio_
I have couple apps from f-droid, and I'm not prepared for this. Let's hope something happens, otherwise rip.
cyanydeez
so whats stopping a realFOSS fork of android? are boot loaders locked? too much diversity? do we need to buy one of those phone farms used by botters?
VaderAi
Doubt it as google push Android and Android is said to have a better camera than apple..but stats show 50/50 between two