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Done. I'm not a dev, but I use apps from github/gitlab/etc. Requiring developer verification is absolutely retarded. And only allowing ADB to install without verification is not the olive branch they're treating it as. It's a slap in the face to anyone who actually knows what they're doing.
Yeah, it's bad. At the very least there should be a dev option on the phone itself to enable the existing functionality. Ask the user to accept an agreement if you want but it should be possible to all do on-device, without access to the internet.
Bingo.
After I made that comment, I thought about it some more and realized an existing metaphor already fits:
Relating this to Android:
This verification bullshit will not only affect the developers who will be forced to register with google, but also the very people who made Android what it is today. Custom ROMs brought many features to Android that are now considered core elements:
....and that's not even scratching the surface. There is so, so much more.
Sounds like you've been with us since the beginning. β
What was your first?
I got a Nook Color back in 2010. Finding out it was based on Android was my gateway drug π . I was well aware of Android devices by that point, a couple of my buddies had HTCs.
Naturally, I rooted the Nook. Ended up flashing CyanogenMod.
Based. I think my first was an HTC Dream / myTouch 3G. Also with CM as soon as I figured out how.