This is like Google banning the YouTube app from the play store for having videos about covid that aren't from government sources. Insane stuff.
Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
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#12This is my first comment in HN. This is the best productive podcast app ever. The developer is also so helpful with any kind of bugs I reported. I hope this is resolved quickly.
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#13COVID-19 is the terrorism of this generation. It's the anything goes, doesn't matter how fair, as long as it's because COVID.
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#14Wow, obviously an oversight. Pretty sure Google does not want search tools to be responsible for the content of the results they surface...
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#15What is going on with Google? We had PushBullet being threatened with removal over vague problems just a few days ago.
I don't buy the "evil monopoly" narrative as what does this accomplish for Google?
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#16Ah man, this is one the few apps I use daily. Even remember the guys name, Xavier something.
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#17This is like Google banning the YouTube app from the play store for having videos about covid that aren't from government sources. Insane stuff.
Isn't it even worse? Does the app hosts the podcast or merely references them / plays them? More like banning a browser from the store as the browser may be used to display inapropriate content.
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#18This is my first comment in HN. This is the best productive podcast app ever. The developer is also so helpful with any kind of bugs I reported. I hope this is resolved quickly.
I am impressed you remember your password from that long ago.
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#19This is disgusting, Google has become disgusting..
This is exactly why Google and maybe other large corporations absolutely need to get split up. I hope Trump takes action against US tech companies as he have said he would. Very few things would make me happier as an european.
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#20And meanwhile you can use Google to search for "covid19 podcast" and you will get podcast recommendations from non-government sources. This is insane.