Google Play’s latest security change may break many Android apps for some power users. The Play Integrity API uses hardware-backed signals that are trickier for rooted devices and custom ROMs to pass.

Cool, so they're effectively trying to brick older devices?

Yes, I've noticed one or two apps acting up, pretty annoying.

Google doing its best to push me away from all their stuff. It's probably for the best since they have become so toxic anyway.

For fuck sakes

It's still incredibly easy to pass basic and device with the AOSP keybox, and keyboxes that pass strong aren't terribly hard to come by.

This is a very sad step on their way to making Android an effectively closed ecosystem.