Comment by dgoldstein0
3 months ago
Did we read the same thing? I think Google here said there would be a $25 fee per developer (for those who can't fit in their limited distribution category). I suppose it's much better than a fee per paid install but it's not nothing.
See the "Empowering experienced users" section.
They announced the $25 "verification" plan awhile ago. The new part in this article is that they're going to have it remain possible to install software that didn't do that "verification".
> Based on this feedback and our ongoing conversations with the community, we are building a new advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn't verified.
That quote doesn't say anything about the hoops "experienced users" have to go through in order to install said software.
It says that there will exist a working set of hoops though. Which wasn't the plan before.