Post AyoNe5A2B7dARV3mme by dragoonaethis@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AyoNe5A2B7dARV3mme by dragoonaethis@mstdn.social
       2025-10-02T21:45:46Z
       
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       https://www.androidauthority.com/how-android-app-verification-works-3603559/>Developers who register with Google as a student or hobbyist will face severe app distribution restrictions, namely a limit on the number of devices that can install their apps. To enforce this, any user wanting to install software from these developers must first retrieve a unique identifier from their device. The developer then has to input this identifier into the Android Developer Console to authorize that specific device for installation.So there's that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyoNe6OxZ7AEI53Dge by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2025-10-02T21:49:18Z
       
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       @dragoonaethisis this something I can complain to UOKiK about?
       
 (DIR) Post #AyoOg8ciNL4TiO1GIi by dragoonaethis@mstdn.social
       2025-10-02T22:00:53Z
       
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       @wolf480pl not really? You'd have to point at what promises they sold you vs how the verification works. They're fundamentally not taking away the capability to do any of this for an individual consumer (you can register the app/use ADB to do whatever), but they are restricting other businesses and stores from interacting with you without going through Google. You want to complain at monopolistic behavior, not something consumer-bound IMO. (I'm not a lawyer. The whole thing sucks.)