Hacker News: rep_wexhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rep_wexHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 03 May 2026 08:34:15 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by rep_wex in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"]]>> separate account type that does not have a submission fee or require legal documents

We do not know yet who will be considered "hobbyist". I would say they might check the user base. When hitting app installation threshold for let say 1,000 users, they will force you to pass the full legal check. Otherwise they will start blocking any further installations.

]]>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:05:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018344rep_wexhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018344https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018344<![CDATA[New comment by rep_wex in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"]]>Google to make sideloading Android apps _harder_ by _force_ verifying developer identity for 25$ and bunch of legal documents.

]]>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:29:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016371rep_wexhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016371https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016371<![CDATA[New comment by rep_wex in "Android 16 is here"]]>To reduce disparency between the Samsung fork and the upstream. Google will implement this feature anyway, then why not agree on implementation details to have less merge conflicts in the future?

]]>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:29:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44245418rep_wexhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44245418https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44245418<![CDATA[New comment by rep_wex in "Show HN: FFmpeg UI"]]>It is already https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm

]]>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 06:37:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36337142rep_wexhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36337142https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36337142