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> enable "developer mode" without paying a subscription fee just to run your own app on your own device

That's a great way to fail hardware attestation. It makes my bank's app assume I'm a fraudster and refuse me service.

Google absolutely deserves to be lumped in with the likes of Apple because of stuff like this. They sell people "open" systems and then they punish them when they "tamper" with the system.

I can only hope some government out there will put an end to their little digital fiefdoms.



I have never had a device fail attestation because of developer mode being enabled. Not even bank or Nintendo apps. Are you thinking of unlocking the bootloader? That is different than just enabling developer mode so you can adb install apps and other things on the device.




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