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Yeah this is going to affect android in multiple ways. I'm guessing that the emulators and YouTube apps are out, the Devs will have all their apps banned if they bother to register.
Personally I have a developer account but some apps I give away as open source. Now I'm going to have to register those apps and if one of them isn't up to Google's standards (whatever they say that is on the day) then ALL of my apps get banned!
I have multiple old android devices which can't use lineagos because they are locked or just too obscure. But right now they can be used with f-droid apps for games and ad-free content. I'm guessing that's going to change.
The barrier to entry will go up and even more old android devices will be thrown away. Make sure you buy a mainstream device that has a chance of being supported beyond the manufacturers 2 year support window - in my experience mobile and tablets actual lifespan is 4-5 years, up to 10 with new battery. Why are we forced to throw them away after 2 years? It's a total scam.
Of course it's a scam. But its also a money grab and a power grab. Google is completely gone from "do no evil" to "heil Trump"
What's worse, is that I do self hosting and almost all self host apps are open source on the android side, so now I may loose several of those apps if they don't want to sign or are banned by Google.
The developer registers not the app.
Which in an authoritative government they know who to pressure into removing privacy features or forcing backdoor data collection