Google will soon be requiring android app developers to pay $25 to register their governments ids to make apps outside of the play store.
The package (com.google.android.verifier) will be introduced on devices running Android 8 or higher, granting Google the ability to block the installation of unverified apps.
Complete your migration plans before Google puts up the barbed wire making it much harder to leave.
The alternatives are Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, FuriOS, Ubuntu Touch and Postmarket OS.
95 days: 30 September 2026: Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand and Singapore.
188 days: 2027: Globally.
The Jolla phone looks interesting. I hope it doesn’t end up like Windows Phone.
what do you mean?
No support, no apps, extremely limited. Only one good feature, windows phones had great cameras.
Also, not open source
It has apps though - both native (3 app stores full) and the option to run Android apps.
Dead?
SailfishOS has been alive and well for 13 years, it won’t die anytime soon.
🤷♂️ I just figured that’s what they meant.