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Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”

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Post by fifnir »

KirinDave wrote: post #11
echelon wrote: post #8

Can we sue Google when they do things like this? No single entity should wield this much power. And we should rewrite the laws to make this so. Google and Apple wanted to be in the role of gatekeeper, so they should be beholden to the apps on their platform. We had a web where developers were in control of their own deployment. Everything was decentralized and required responsibility and diligence. Now the power is o…

> No single entity should wield this much power. And we should rewrite the laws to make this so. I think in fact a lot of people do want them to do this. Folks complain the Play store is full of malware and spam, and that there are data leaks and deceptive ads. Then Google or Apple goes and removes them, and then folks are mad if that process has errors. It seems like a business where you make everyone mad no matter…

> It seems like a business where you make everyone mad no matter what you do.

Maybe you can spent some of your gazillion dollars to hire humans instead of relying on automated half-measures

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Post by sireat »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #119

From the blog comments: > Good luck man. I had an app removed because someone did a review of it and their review had screenshots of my app and Google banned the app for copyright infringement siting them as the source. No appeal, one strike, never got through to a human. If true that’s laughablly insane.

The automated response systems will eventually end up like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers_Don%27t_Argue

Re: Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”

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Post by Kaiyou »

dmitryminkovsky wrote: post #211
r_singh wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use hn.algolia.com as a more reliable source to look for info & opinion on a lot of things a lot more than I use google. I feel like there ought to be a google competitor now that google is so crappy.

> I feel like there ought to be a google competitor now that google is so crappy. I switched to DDG on my phone and it’s good. Recommend it.

DDG isn't a competitor, it's a meta search engine, that just uses Google and Bing under the hood.

Re: Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”

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Post by SonicSoul »

it seems that in such cases easiest approach is to contact someone at Google to forward your case to the right person. I met Goog people at my coffee shop and had cases where weird behavior happened (when i tried to leave a review for example) and i just emailed them and they said "oh @#$ that looks like a bug I've forwarded this to PM at xxx. here's interim solution.." I couldn't believe it was that easy.. in the end network is probably the best path

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Post by cglace »

dorgo wrote: post #202
tjpnz wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the very least they're being honest about not giving a shit about their users.

users = app developers?

Yes, app developers are a type of their user. They use their sdk and app store to build and deliver products.

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Post by dmitryminkovsky »

Kaiyou wrote: post #223
dmitryminkovsky wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I feel like there ought to be a google competitor now that google is so crappy. I switched to DDG on my phone and it’s good. Recommend it.

DDG isn't a competitor, it's a meta search engine, that just uses Google and Bing under the hood.

That’s not true?

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Post by josefresco »

mrschwabe wrote: post #37

Why anyone would develop apps for Apple/Google duopoly is beyond me. Right, I get that you may need the money - but if your livelihood depends on money earned from making this world a worser place perhaps it is time to gut check and determine what really is your purpose and best use of time; maybe (easy) money is not all it's cut out to be in that context.

> maybe (easy) money is not all it's cut out to be in that context

Where do I get some of this easy money exactly?

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Post by anyzen »

netsharc wrote: post #167
thatoneuser wrote: post #157

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Had similar experience. Several years ago app with 6+ digit installs in the first six months. Got some generic excuse and our app was down. We could contest but then they threatened to take even more away. I don't like these platforms...

Cloud feudalism... https://hbr.org/2013/06/you-have-no-control-over-s

I love this term, thank you! It is so fitting.

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Post by splatcollision »

SonicSoul wrote: post #224

it seems that in such cases easiest approach is to contact someone at Google to forward your case to the right person. I met Goog people at my coffee shop and had cases where weird behavior happened (when i tried to leave a review for example) and i just emailed them and they said "oh @#$ that looks like a bug I've forwarded this to PM at xxx. here's interim solution.." I couldn't believe it was that easy.. in the en…

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a network that includes google engineers. And it's laughable to suggest this as a remedy for "developer as platform customer service"...
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