• 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.

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Yup, exactly. It needs to meet a critical threshold of users. Otherwise, sites will just look at those few users and go “lol update to a phone that works, loser.”