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by saubeidl 257 days ago
It's not about the $25. It's about Google centralizing control. If they don't like your app, oops, no verification for you.

Goodbye NewPipe. Goodbye anything that doesn't align with Google's capitalist interest or American imperial interest.
1 comments
lukevp 257 days ago
But they don’t verify each app in this case, just the developer… you get verified before you even tell them what type of app you have.

Sure, it’s possible they could retroactively ban your app, but they could do that without signing too. Just ban com.anonymous.newpipe or whatever the package name is. The signing doesn’t really change this.

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