08-25-2025, 03:14 PM
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/androi...ification/
article says: google starts to require developer signing for android apps, even in sideloading. this is for google certified devices. it is done in name of security and preventing scams, this also gives more central control to google.
this is one more step to google's central control. building closed ecosystem like apple's. this won't affect ungoogled custom images, but how useful these are if critical apps require google play, like banking apps and similar.
article says: google starts to require developer signing for android apps, even in sideloading. this is for google certified devices. it is done in name of security and preventing scams, this also gives more central control to google.
this is one more step to google's central control. building closed ecosystem like apple's. this won't affect ungoogled custom images, but how useful these are if critical apps require google play, like banking apps and similar.