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   Conny Duck (connyduck@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 06:48:51 JST Conny Duck

   Google Play will require new developers to test their app with at least 20 users for 2 weeks before even considering to give them access to production. That is pretty bad news for indie devs.
   https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/ensuring-high-quality-apps-on-google-play.html #androiddev

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 06:48:50 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @ConnyDuck Am I reading this right that the actual criteria is that 20 people opt in to testing, but they don't actually have to install the app?

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 16:46:29 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @ConnyDuck but the policy says...

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     Conny Duck (connyduck@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 16:46:30 JST Conny Duck

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     • Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

     @ryanc Google definitely has the means to check if the app was actually installed, so they probably do

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 17:32:48 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @ConnyDuck like, I know they can, but they don't say it's required - I think the policy is just about making it harder to get access to publish apps