[gowthamgts12]

> Sounds like they're rolling back the mandatory verification flow

absolutely no. this is for the user side. but if you're a developer who is planning to publish the app in alternative play store/from your website, you have to do verification flow. please read the full text.

[Ajedi32]

That's only if you don't want your users to have to jump through whatever hoops are needed to bypass the verification requirement.

[rbits]

But it's not mandatory anymore because people can install it without it being verified.