[blueg3]

That's pedantically fair. I broke up a longer statement:

> That users won't be able to install what they want and that they would need a google account to install apps

It was split up because "need a Google account to install apps" is strictly untrue, but "won't be able to install what they want" is more nuanced.

I did clearly say, "it won't work if the APK isn't signed by someone in the Google developer registry".

So, it depends on what the user wants.

If they're running certified Android; otherwise it doesn't matter.

It is only for registered developers, so of course that very much depends on the registration system.

[kevincox]

Yeah, I get you. I think the main misunderstanding from the original comment is that the *user* won't need a Google account, only the *developer* (signer to be technical) will.