[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45428832

> Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which will be rolled out to devices in the next major release of Android 16.

So I need to block all updates and hold steady before that version then. I can live with that.

Google is constantly working to prove that if their label is on it, you probably don't really want it.