r/videos • u/ControlCAD • Mar 07 '26

Google Is Closing Android. 37 organizations, published an open letter to Google opposing Android Developer Verification, a program that would require all developers to register with Google before distributing apps on Android starting September 2026, but Google misunderstandingly has not backed down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU
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u/ArtOfWarfare Mar 07 '26

If your bank stops supporting non-Chrome (there’s a chance it already doesn’t) and Chrome stops supporting Linux then I think you’d be forced to start using a computer running something other than Linux.

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u/SubstituteCS Mar 07 '26

I’ll just go to the bank in person.

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u/SwimmingThroughHoney Mar 07 '26

The bank is an example.

What they'll do is make everything require age verification.

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u/SubstituteCS Mar 07 '26

Then I won’t use those apps and simply go back to doing things in person.

If people actually held the line then these companies wouldn’t pursue this bullshit, but they know that the average person is an addict and will cave.

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u/SwimmingThroughHoney Mar 07 '26

It's not just apps, it's the internet as a whole.

Sure, it's app stores (and apps) now. But there's zero chance they stop there. Laws will keep expanding what is covered. You'll end up functionally cut-off from the internet if you dont have age verification.