How much the recent developments with android are gonna affect the Foss world? (feddit.it)

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So google now requires Id verification for submitting apps to android, what does it mean for Foss apps, for Foss stores like fdroid and for future development?

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[-] krunklom@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

.....why?

Credit cards still work and I don't think I've ever had to pay a bill or move money around so urgently I couldn't do it from home.

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