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DeathArrow 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Android Developer Verification

If I do software for Windows, Linux or FreeBSD I don't need verification. And potential users aren't required to get software only from a certain app store.

This is a case of companies forcing things on us "for our own good" and them knowing better than us what is good for us or not.

mhitza 5 months ago [–]

It's a pathetic excuse of a reason. Google Ads is a mechanism for scam delivery, probably 90 times more effective than sideloaded scam apps.

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