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>>ingve+(OP)
The requirement of verification to side-load any app is fascist control. It is clear as night and day.

Shame on Google and Apple, it was always clear this was the end goal and next up is also your PC.

Right after will come the removal off apps they don't like and there is nothing you can do about it.

Stallman was right

>>sschue+w3
One day people on the internet will learn what the term „fascism“ entails. This is just plain old government overreach.

>>j-krie+1n
"Government overreach" by a private corporation? Let's see what wikipedia has to say about that:

> A fascist corporation can be defined as a government-directed confederation of employers and employees unions, with the aim of overseeing production in a comprehensive manner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism#Fascist_corporatis...

Google goes even further than that: they do not only control and oversee all production via the Play Store, they also control all usage of their products. And while it may currently not be government-directed, they certainly are government-protected as long as they're allowed to run the only app store in town.