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>>kotaKa+(OP)
This is the worst thing to happen to technology in recent times since there is only two major phone OS's.

It isn't possible to ban encryption, so the governments have to chip away at security and privacy using these techniques.

From: https://developer.android.com/developer-verification

"You may also need to upload official government ID."

This won't end well for Google or the governments involved when the people get so angry that they are forced to roll this back. Switch to an alternative phone OS.

>>Ms-J+Mt
> This is the worst thing to happen to technology in recent times since there is only two major phone OS's.

I don't think that's it. The desktop OS situation has historically be similar with 2 major large players and a bunch of insignificant ones.

This comes down to user expectation.