An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
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Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#2Will this affect those of us who already have it installed?
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#3Headline is wrong. An update to the plugin was rejected (with the option to resubmit), but the previous version is clearly still in the store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...
I empathize with the developer, but Occam's Razor suggests this isn't anything more than a typically crummy vague Walled Garden app store rejection. I'd take their advice and re-submit.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#4Apps that do controversial things with respect to Apple or Google seem to get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot.
What does it even mean for code in a packaged program to be "visible"? It should be invisible! That's the whole point of packaging!
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#5Will this affect those of us who already have it installed?
Nope.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#6"Where possible, make as much of your code visible in the package as you can. If some of your app's logic is hidden and it appears to be suspicious, we may remove it."
This is the policy it "broke" apparently. Despite the entire app being open source and commented, someone at Google could not understand his code and hence found it obfuscated or "suspicious".
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#7Will this affect those of us who already have it installed?
That should be fine. Only the update was rejected
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#8Apps that do controversial things with respect to Apple or Google seem to get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot. What does it even mean for code in a packaged program to be "visible"? It should be invisible! That's the whole point of packaging!
Yes. It's bad news and exactly why free software supporters need to keep fighting the good fight and spreading the word.
We can't allow technical oligarchies control over what we do with our computing, enacting stupid policies, with no outside visibility or accountability.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#9Apps that do controversial things with respect to Apple or Google seem to get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot. What does it even mean for code in a packaged program to be "visible"? It should be invisible! That's the whole point of packaging!
Apps that do non-controversial things get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot too.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#10"Please reply to this email for issues regarding this item removal."
Maybe he could try that?