Google play store showed an alert warning, before terminating the process: To install an app you coded yourself on your own device you need to renew your developer license regularly. /s?
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
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oi mate! got a loicense for that ?
We desperately need a third option for phones. Apple is Apple, Google has more or less become Microsoft. We need a Linux variant for phones.
Hopefully, this will push that, and maybe RISC becoming viable?
I don't know, the way things are going I see upstart manufacturers having enormous trouble with things like mobile carrier frequency licensing/access, as well as institutions blocking access (ie banking)
PostmarketOS, Mobian, and Ubuntu Touch. Also, LibrePhone project by FSF. Those are currently our best bets. Would love to see more people contribute to those though
Also, a couple open source hardware manufacturers making phones: KDE, Tuxedo Computers, Framework, etc
Is the title wrong? The way it's worded made me think the end user must have developer verification in order to side load "unverified" apps.But the article states:
only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices starting in 2026.
Which means that they want "unverified" apps to be literally uninstallable.
How easy is it to enforce this? I don't know android specifics, but maybe f-droid (which compiles from source) will bypass this?
From what I understanding they want implement same thing as ios have u have temporalale/permanent certificate as developer to install something on phone otherwise u done