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I totally forgot about “Skannerz”!

Thanks for rushing back a bunch of my childhood memories

Because of who decides how such verification gets built. Just look at what is happening with Android apps to know how big tech companies will handle it. https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

Whatever Apple, Microsoft, and Google decide it does.

This would require “verified” operating systems: No alternative Android-based OSes. No Linux phone. Hell, no Linux desktop, or at least we would be stuck with a big-tech-built proprietary web browser.

This is a terrible idea.

barebones, but you can use RTP with pipewire

The one OP mentioned is the 2nd-gen model that came out in 2019

I’d recommend looking at used Nvidia Shields. They’re simply the best Android TV boxes available. There are pretty good instructions available to remove all the proprietary stuff from the devices, too.