Android Changing Rules About Apps

[High_Order1]

here is the non-paywalled version of the article:

https://archive.is/3dEXx

After verifying their identities, developers will have to register the package name and signing keys of their apps. Google won't check the content or functionality of the apps, though.


Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device. If you have a non-Google build of Android on your phone, none of this applies. However, that's a vanishingly small fraction of the Android ecosystem outside of China.

If DJI refuses to play ball with them, and the things will update and not allow non-verified apps...

But, perhaps I am missing something or reading it wrong.

 

[msinger]

But, perhaps I am missing something or reading it wrong.

No, you're not missing anything. Google is now going to tell you what you're allowed to install on your devices.