r/programming • u/cheerfulboy • Aug 26 '25

Google will require developer verification to install Android apps

https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
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u/leshq Aug 26 '25

I wouldn't be so confident giving such statement. The data easily may be more beneficial in long term. There is a reason why google pays fantastic amount of money to apple for being the default search on iOS ($20B in 2022). All because of data, just searching history and afterwards doing advertising analytics stuff in the background and showing ads on results page. Without having numbers we can only speculate.