• Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android.

  • Your phone will need to be running Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater when the system asks you to scan a QR code for verification.

  • This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will fail the verification test by default.

    • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      I spend most of my day without a phone near me. I hate phones, this won’t encourage me to do anything but pull further away.

      I suppose that is a win. Real life isn’t happening on a screen.