Google is locking down Android

Cole Phelps

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    good actually

    i think this is similar to microsoft licensing model on windows
    you need to pay like 800$ to get that status

    notice that when you click "run as administrator", the publisher displays as "unknown" if the developer hasn't paid for that thing
     

    2osama

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    Verified developer kiyanne mokadda?
    Verified developer කියන්නේ ID Verification එහෙම කරලා Developer Account තියෙන අයට බන්

    Harmony OS ekata Paara kapanne...
    ඒකේ කොහොමත් Google Play එකේ දාන සෙල්ලම් නම් දාන්න දෙන්නේ නැති වෙයි
    දන්නවා නේ චින්නුන්ගේ හැටි
    ------ Post added on Aug 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
     

    Hyaenidae

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    ඒකේ කොහොමත් Google Play එකේ දාන සෙල්ලම් නම් දාන්න දෙන්නේ නැති වෙයි
    දන්නවා නේ චින්නුන්ගේ හැටි
    ------ Post added on Aug 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM

    Chinese androids have less restrictions than American iPhones though

    Hopefully chinese HarmonyOS (next) would catch on in Asia
     
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    Hyaenidae

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    Please pay and take the service ☺️

    Im Not No Way GIF
     

    Hyaenidae

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    they almost cut your legs with new move right 🤷

    Every action has a reaction ne they cut off YouTube Vanced too but it returned in no time

    This time won't be any different, I'm sure at least rooted devices will get to sideload for the forseeable future
     

    NEMISIS

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    What about countries like China, most of their developers won't be registering with google ne. They don't even distribute their apps through play stores
    It does not matter, they will do the validation through the play services, If the manufacturer wants to use google services, they will have to comply.
    Google already has APIs to validate if the app is from legitimate sources (Google play integrity services), but that needs an implementation from the developer. It looks like the google is trying to do this without needing any changes from the developer.

    Europe wala iOS walatath third party apps install karanna denna una. Google ekatath Europe wala nam oka karanna amaru wei.
    Nope,
    EU rule is to allow 3rd party store or other installation options (without Apple's App Store).. But the developer has to be a registered apple developer, in fact the eveloper has to go through apple and their approval process, then only the developer is able to destribute the app through their website/3rd party store.
    https://developer.apple.com/documentation/marketplacekit/distributing-your-app-from-your-website
    (iOS app has to be signed by apple to run on iOS device, regardless your destribution method, the app has to signed by apple, this signing mechansim is very diffuclut to bypass)

    Android also needs a signed app to run, and that can be disabled, but google can do a similar implementation to apple, then if you want to run an APK from an un-verfied source, you will have to use a custom rom. The problem is lot of manfacturers do not allow to unlock bootloader and flash custom roms, and even if it is possible what % of users are going to do that?

    Open source නම් එහෙම කරන්න පුළුවන් ද?? 🤔
    Yes.
    Open source means source is open to anyone. However, current google version of the Android is not fully open source. It consists of many closed source components. Also open source code is not up-to date, google keeping the latest code private, so the open source code is not upto date now.
    This is very similar to the google chrome situation. Google chrome is not open source(contray to the popular belief), If you want the open source version, you have to use Chromium or try to build from the soruce, very few people are doing this and vast majority is using Google's closed source version, thinking it is open source.
     
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    chirantha19890821

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    Ow. Open Source kiyanne source code eka open kiyana eka witharane.
    Yes.
    Open source means source is open to anyone. However, current google version of the Android is not fully open source. It consists of many closed source components. Also open source code is not up-to date, google keeping the latest code private, so the open source code is not upto date now.
    This is very similar to the google chrome situation. Google chrome is not open source(contray to the popular belief), If you want the open source version, you have to use Chromium or try to build from the soruce, very few people are doing this and vast majority is using Google's closed source version, thinking it is open source.
    Oh shit. really?? :o This is new to me. Even I believed Chrome is an Open Source browser.🤦‍♂️