# [en] obj_cost_a: "Maybe, if you're a developer in the US with a credit card and a driver's license. Try being a student in sub-Saharan Africa, or a dissident in Myanmar, or a volunteer maintaining a community health app. The cost isn't only financial: you're surrendering government ID and evidence of your signing keys to a company that [routinely complies](https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/) with government demands to remove apps and expose developers."
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