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Cirrus app dev informing the app will stop working on certified android devices in '26/'27 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Akip@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Opening my weather app this morning I was greeted by this warning:

Google has announced that, starting in 2026/2027, all apps on certified Android devices will require the developer to submit personal identity details directly to Google. Since the developers of this app do not agree to this requirement, this app will no longer work on certified Android devices after that time.

It's the first time I hear about this, seems to be about:

Tech crunch article from august, "google will require developer verification for android apps outside the play store"

Cirrus app: Github

Was this a big thing I somehow missed? I hope more devs will follow suit.

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[–] vodka@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope, from how Google puts it, play services will block any and all apps without a valid signature from working at all on play certified devices.

You'll be able to install them via adb probably, but when you run them play services will stop you.

Play services already prevents certain apps from starting until you say a yes/no on a popup, so the framework for this is already in place.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is completely wrong. I asked this exact question to google in their poll and I got an answer from them saying it would always work with adb. It's for devs so you can run those apps of course. This means F-Droid can implement a Shizuku backend to install apps and the UX will be even better since it will bypass popups. However, initial setup will be far more complicated