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Comment by mrbluecoat

20 days ago

> The requirement will go into effect in September 2026 for users in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. Google notes how these countries have been “specifically impacted by these forms of fraudulent app scams.” Verification will then apply globally from 2027 onwards.

At least most of the world has until 2027 to install LineageOS or GrapheneOS.

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aucisson_masque  20 days ago

Apps are increasingly failing to run on grapheneos because Google is pushing for the play integrity verification. More and more apps, some critical like banking apps, some not at all, require your device to be running an official rom signed by Google.

  • 3036e4  20 days ago

    So I will go back to carry two devices, I guess. Like when I had a Jolla Phone and an Android phone. Or before that with a Palm PDA and a dumbphone. It is convenient to have everything combined in a single device, but guess that turned out to be just a temporary luxury.

    • aucisson_masque  20 days ago

      Great for you. What about the normies ? You know the people that protest and make things change, how they are going to organize themselves when their government gets authoritarian and apple/google obeys to governments request to forbid some app. You know like what happened during Hong Kong protest with Apple App Store.

      I’m not saying I have a solution but looking at yourself and pretending it’s all fine because you’re 10 times more tech savvy than the average citizen isn’t a viable answer. That kind of issue must be solved by regulation, hopefully Europe gets to bring back on earth whoever at Google agreed on that idea.

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Night_Thastus  20 days ago

>At least most of the world has until 2027 to install LineageOS or GrapheneOS.

Which only work on a tiny, almost insignificant sub-set of phones. If you don't have one of those, you're screwed.

Not to mention the bootloader is getting locked down so you can't even install one of these in the first place.

A4ET8a8uTh0_v2  20 days ago

So I guess now is the time to decide whether Pixel is actually something I would want to purchase from Google ( and support the decision they just made with cash money ) or.. what exactly. I am not a Apple fan either.