Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play
Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play
The Play Integrity API has made it easier for apps to check whether you installed or bought them from Google Play.
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No better time than now to degoogle your life.
And...move to iOS? The even more locked down platform? What solution are you proposing here?
You can degoogle on Android you know. Takes some effort, but the end result is better than moving into a walled garden.
You can degoogle on Android you know.
only if your device is supported. Most aren't...
You can degoogle on Android you know.
Not if the app doesn't work outside of Google's app store, you can't...?
Well, the issue will be developers of other apps would force us to re-google since any build of the app would be useless unless installed from the play store...
MicroG devs are working on fakeing play integrity api since 2023: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/2050
it seems that play integrity continue to change internally day to day... He is waiting that google stabilize it. Then will be a pull request.
Are they? Other comments in different PRs seem to indicate they have no intention of trying to subvert play integrity. Is there something more recent than this that indicates they're trying?
Yeah, maybe "working on" was too generous, "aware of the issue and some preliminary work was already done" would have been more correct
Here is some recent discussion if it's feasible at all: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/pull/2077
ReVanced patching will become more common
For every single app where the developer tries this?
Yeah right. That's unsustainable.
They'll also just increase ways for the integrity to verify it hasn't been patched. This announcement already says they're checking the app's binary for tampering.
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