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Does anyone here actually support Google's Developer Verification?

I don’t. I’ve put a warning about it in my repo because I’m against policies like sideloading restrictions, forced ID verification.

Curious what other devs here think. Is Play Store still worth the hassle?

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 21 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

so the real-world id requirement is also user protection? play store is basically an info stealer at this point.