So google now requires Id verification for submitting apps to android, what does it mean for Foss apps, for Foss stores like fdroid and for future development?

Many devs of FOSS Android apps won’t be willing to disclose their identity, and there will be no market left for them. Which means abandoning the maintenance of their apps.

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Exactly, which means we, the consumers, are losing.

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