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>>kotaKa+(OP)
If this is a thing then the solution they offer is incorrect. A big giant red screen: “warning the identity of this application developer has not been verified and this could be an application stealing your data, etc” would have worked.

What they want is to get rid of apps like YouTube Vanced that are making them lose money (and other Play Store apps)

>>rvnx+Ig1

  > What they want is to get rid of apps like YouTube Vanced

I think it is also very telling where they're rolling out first. Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore.

It felt weird that the official press release was quoting entities from these countries, as if it should give confidence to the rest of the world. I can't imagine what these countries would want with apps that can be traced back to a government id...

Vanced and such is more of a First World/Western issue. I don't think you're wrong but I got a strong gut feeling there's other pressures in the works. Just something doesn't smell right...

>>godels+Dn1
>Vanced and such is more of a First World/Western issue

What? I'm from Brazil and Vanced is as big, if not bigger here. In fact, most of my 'first world' friends just pay for YouTube Premium (or whatever it is called), and these kinds of workarounds are mostly used in countries with less purchasing power.