Daily reminder that your business/project/hobby should not depend on anything controlled by Google.
Edit: Despite all their shortcomings, I wouldn't mind seeing android phone makers join force and create an independent app store.
Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
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Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#12A lot of crying from the dev in these tweets, but has he considered that Google has a valid point? A button which appears to "report user" but really "reports content" is a big no-no in 2021, where being able to report user content is very important in a legal sense. It just feels like immature whining to me.
Since when is google in charge of app functionality and UI??
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#13Watch the amount of these posts rise steeply in the future. Mass moderation is a Don Quixote fight, and in addition to their own products, big platforms increasingly force these policies on everything available in their app stores. There was a great thread on moderation just now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26458826
It is probably a reaction to the pressure platforms (IMO to some extent rightfully) receive from regulators. Kicking downwards... but platforms especially app stores will probably be forced to do this anyway in the middle-term future - be it social pressure or regulatory enforcements.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#14Daily reminder that your business/project/hobby should not depend on anything controlled by Google. Edit: Despite all their shortcomings, I wouldn't mind seeing android phone makers join force and create an independent app store.
That's unrealistic if your target is android phones.
You can wax poetic about the idea of an independent app store all you want, it doesn't change the facts on the ground in the current moment.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#15Daily reminder that your business/project/hobby should not depend on anything controlled by Google. Edit: Despite all their shortcomings, I wouldn't mind seeing android phone makers join force and create an independent app store.
I guess all business/project/hobby websites should shut down then? Your website won't get very far at all when most people rely on google's search results, browser, and email service.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#16This is the other side of the Play-store problem. The other side is the tax.
Play store employee can ban your app = destroy your business at any time. The reason can be 'new policy', 'misunderstanding' or something more problematic, such as influence from your competitor to the employee.
A 'power to destroy business', should not be a click away from some random employee.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#17A lot of crying from the dev in these tweets, but has he considered that Google has a valid point? A button which appears to "report user" but really "reports content" is a big no-no in 2021, where being able to report user content is very important in a legal sense. It just feels like immature whining to me.
Since when is google in charge of app functionality and UI??
Since the first Android market guidelines? There's always been standards.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#18Daily reminder that your business/project/hobby should not depend on anything controlled by Google. Edit: Despite all their shortcomings, I wouldn't mind seeing android phone makers join force and create an independent app store.
The same is true for Facebook. My website and ad accounts were banned one day without a reason. They said it did not meet community standards. There has been no recourse since 2 years.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#19A lot of crying from the dev in these tweets, but has he considered that Google has a valid point? A button which appears to "report user" but really "reports content" is a big no-no in 2021, where being able to report user content is very important in a legal sense. It just feels like immature whining to me.
I don't agree this is immature, he definitely has a point that Google should consider giving even a day's leeway in cases like this. That being said, I may be in the minority here, but I wouldn't expect a button that's labeled "report user" to report the content of the message, only the user profile for things like an abusive name, fake profile etc.
Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”
#20Daily reminder that your business/project/hobby should not depend on anything controlled by Google. Edit: Despite all their shortcomings, I wouldn't mind seeing android phone makers join force and create an independent app store.
Repeating this same line is just harmful noise at this point. Rather, we should - legally - demand more from tech utility platforms like Google, Facebook or Apple.