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  "path": "/t/google-will-require-developer-verification-to-install-android-apps-including-sideloading/33123?page=26#post_534",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T05:56:09.000Z",
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  "textContent": "That’s the best possible interpretation, but would you trust it when it’s fed to you with gaslighting about evil scameers? They can keep this as a system setting as before entirely in user’s control, or they can engage their always online DRM to enforce this. Which one it would be, you wouldn’t know unitil you see it. The jaws are tightening and you should use that as an excuse to scream and if it indeed gets them to relax a bit, you should then scream even harder to get them off your neck entirely, not be content with barely being able to breath. Don’t accept their narrative.\n\n- against scammers we employ this mild measure, agree?\n- agree\n- oops, data shows it didn’t work, naturally as you agreed that scammers are a problem and measures need to be taken, we will now employ stricter measures\n- *surprised pikachu face*",
  "title": "Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading"
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