Google's new developer verification requirements starting September 2026 will force ALL Android app developers to register with Google - even those avoiding the Play Store entirely. F-Droid, the tr...
Google has already shared how apps’ developers will be verified. They’re adding another app that will have access to block installing apps or disable them. That won’t work on GrapheneOS because 1. the app won’t be installed and 2. the app won’t have that kind of privileged access.
I think the issue is new hardware and google starting to close source android, so that Graphene devs don’t have the open source to work with. They’ll probably get binary blobs
Google has already shared how apps’ developers will be verified. They’re adding another app that will have access to block installing apps or disable them. That won’t work on GrapheneOS because 1. the app won’t be installed and 2. the app won’t have that kind of privileged access.
Soooo we just block that app, right?
I think the issue is new hardware and google starting to close source android, so that Graphene devs don’t have the open source to work with. They’ll probably get binary blobs
ROFL we got redstarOS on mainstream phones before gta6