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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
What's wrong with loading an alternate OS that isn't Play Protect certified?

>>maxeri+lC
Soon you won't be able to do this either because most manufacturers are locking down the bootloader.

>>sanex+8D
And Google stopped providing device trees and driver binaries... and stopped releasing AOSP as often, and, and...

>>kotaKa+mF
You know, when you phrase it like that, it almost makes it sound like they're taking advantage of their market position to the detriment of consumers.