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"textContent": "submitted by Sunshine to linuxphones\n159 points | 27 comments\n\nGoogle will soon be requiring android app developers to pay $25 to register their governments ids to make apps outside of the play store.\n\nThe package (com.google.android.verifier) will be introduced on devices running Android 8 or higher, granting Google the ability to block the installation of unverified apps.\n\nComplete your migration plans before Google puts up the barbed wire making it much harder to leave.\n\nThe alternatives are Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, FuriOS, Ubuntu Touch and Postmarket OS.\n\n95 days: 30 September 2026: Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand and Singapore.\n\n188 days: 2027: Globally.",
"title": "Google will be restricting Android soon!"
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