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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Holy shit, going to the official page[1], there's something that is somehow even worse than the loss of freedom:

"You'll need to prove you own your apps by providing your app package name and app signing keys."

That is capital-I Insane.

[1] https://developer.android.com/developer-verification

>>EMIREL+wv
This is confusing, since signing something already proves that you own the key.

>>layer8+Iw
My assumption is they want to eliminate/prevent schemes where a ton of apps are signed as a service by a small number of centrally controlled keys.

Someone elsewhere in the thread said this is how F-Droid works, but I can't confirm firsthand.