If this can happen, is it possible that once mandatory developer verification comes into effect, all 3rd party apps will be uninstalled at first and require a re-install?
It uninstalled AnkiConnect for me. No warning first to tell me the app was malicious (it isn’t), no prompt of whether or not it’s OK to remove it. Just yeeted.
I had to disable Play Protect from Google Play’s settings, and that wasn’t enough as notifications would now pop up saying the app is malicious after I brought it back, so then I shut off those notifications.
When the warranty on my phone runs out or it’s under threat of not being able to unlock the bootloader, I’ll unlock the bootloader and put on a custom ROM without Gapps. Fuck this bullshit. And Google wants to make installing apps harder to feed its ego. Fuck billionaires.
I removed the network permission from the play store. Apps will still work if they arbitrarily require Google Play to be installed. The store itself can’t do shit.
GrapheneOS can remove Play Store network permissions. I’m not sure about others.
Some can be pretty limited in what they allow you.
For example, I tried Moto G54 5G, and it kept giving me full-screen update notifications, which would immediately re-appear when I exit it and closed it from recent apps.
Naturally, I tried to disable Moto updates, at least temporarily. Hmm, shouldn’t that be me?
I returned the phone for a refund.
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It uninstalled AnkiConnect for me. No warning first to tell me the app was malicious (it isn’t), no prompt of whether or not it’s OK to remove it. Just yeeted.
I had to disable Play Protect from Google Play’s settings, and that wasn’t enough as notifications would now pop up saying the app is malicious after I brought it back, so then I shut off those notifications.
When the warranty on my phone runs out or it’s under threat of not being able to unlock the bootloader, I’ll unlock the bootloader and put on a custom ROM without Gapps. Fuck this bullshit. And Google wants to make installing apps harder to feed its ego. Fuck billionaires.
I removed the network permission from the play store. Apps will still work if they arbitrarily require Google Play to be installed. The store itself can’t do shit.
GrapheneOS can remove Play Store network permissions. I’m not sure about others.
Some can be pretty limited in what they allow you.
Hmm, shouldn’t that be me?
For example, I tried Moto G54 5G, and it kept giving me full-screen update notifications, which would immediately re-appear when I exit it and closed it from recent apps.
Naturally, I tried to disable Moto updates, at least temporarily.
I returned the phone for a refund.