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How does this affect termux? Is it going to die or is it only going to be able to have packages that are from registered developers?
Termux is already available on the Play Store, so I imagine it won't be an issue. Sideloading will still be possible, it just requires developers give Google their private information (which is fucking stupid) but you already have to do that to be on the Play Store, so I don't see why Google wouldn't verify the Termux team.
look at it from the pessimist's point of view, they could have killed side loading too!