Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading

Even that sounds like a diversion to me, the main event is that the google’s proprietary software is finally going to show some teeth and start deciding what you can or cannot install, exactly like apple. Without that total power grab that affects all users no verification of no developers would matter. Everyone is going to jail. All the rest is just a minor consequence in comparison. Like I seriously would not be surprised if it turns out the main reason for doing this is to combat piracy, cause that some extra moneys in their eyes that they could have had, but don’t have now, and the whole security and malware thing is just a charade as always. Some of them pirate sites are literally better than google play for discovering apps that are actually good or are made good through mods, big threat to their wallet, and also something a lot of devs would also be very happy to see brought down, another reason why devs don’t matter here. So we are back to square one, same thing all over again, except gaslighting intensifies, what was then called DRM is now called “developer verification”, and it’s the worst kind. The absolute garbage that would infect your entire system to make sure you behave, and that everyone hated with passion is now so normalized it’s like nobody even sees it.