Android developer verification - The fox guarding the henhouse

Merry weekend. Here's a not-so-merry article discussing the upcoming implementation of the Android Developer Verification framework by Google, including practicality and scope of the idea, sideloading and potential conflict of interest, gatekeeping and competition, technology overload, Internet design and question of trust, a safer security model for Android, future implications of the proposed solution, and more. Enjoy, but I know you won't.