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Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by yunohn »

panpanna wrote: post #11

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.

>> android phone makers join force and create an independent app store

And why wouldn’t this App Store have any takedown policies? Or have to follow the same kind of legal restrictions? In the discussed example, this wasn’t even automated; an employee manually reviewed and chose to ban their app.

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by fakeyguy »

Google doesn't understand customer service. They really don't. When speaking to customers, I ask them what is the biggest issue with using a google product.They will most likely say - reaching a human being.

PS: I work for a competitor of one of google's products.

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by redis_mlc »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #51
simion314 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When the giants banned that app after the incidents in 6 January in US, you see a lot of comment like "free markets" and build your own platform from scratch including banks, ISPs and hosting. P.S. I am not from US so I am not in a blue or red camp, I just don't like it when some big corporation can lock you out of your account, decide what books you can read, what apps you can install or brick your application/devic…

I'm fine with banning apps that permit organizing violent insurrection in response to independently certified elections. That isn't the case here however and I expect some resolution will come.

> I'm fine with banning apps that permit organizing violent insurrection in response to independently certified elections.

First of all, Trump was a sitting President.

Second of all, the left/DNC spent 8 months burning American downtowns, which is the real "violent insurrection."

Third, there were no "independently certified elections," unless you mean the one that was overturned during the 2020 election, and the one in 2021.

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by wheresmycraisin »

bawolff wrote: post #52
wheresmycraisin wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you can just make a web app. Unless you are doing games or anything requiring lower-level hardware access, like a bluetooth scanner or something.

You mean that thing which google controls 90% of the rendering engines for? [Yes, they have much less power, but its not exactly independence either]

Let's not go into hypotheticals about what might happen if google started... what, inserting spyware, basically, into their own open source browser engine?

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by mitchdaily »

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

A 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 too welcome the Google overlords deciding what functionality must be included in chat software owned by another company.

What's next, banning European apps that allow people to sell cheese that is illegal in USA?

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by IndySun »

simion314 wrote: post #43
throwaways885 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What political agenda?

When the giants banned that app after the incidents in 6 January in US, you see a lot of comment like "free markets" and build your own platform from scratch including banks, ISPs and hosting. P.S. I am not from US so I am not in a blue or red camp, I just don't like it when some big corporation can lock you out of your account, decide what books you can read, what apps you can install or brick your application/devic…

Simion314, If you would indulge another non-political poster. Playing devils advocate with and exploring your ps...

>some big corporation

What about a small one?

>lock you out, decide what you read, apps you install or brick your application

Are these an abuse of power? Illegal? Unethical? Is it their right to do these things to maintain some focus? (The example here is often that one does not want profanity, sexual content, violence content where any children or family are involved - if that is acceptable to you, why not the above?)

ps, I also hate it when software won't work without a 'security' handshake.

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by adamcstephens »

Joeri wrote: post #39
anoncow wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You do have a recourse, same as with any other business: you can always take them to court.

Unless they force binding arbitration in their terms. This is quite common and precludes you from going to court.

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by elastolin »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #51
simion314 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When the giants banned that app after the incidents in 6 January in US, you see a lot of comment like "free markets" and build your own platform from scratch including banks, ISPs and hosting. P.S. I am not from US so I am not in a blue or red camp, I just don't like it when some big corporation can lock you out of your account, decide what books you can read, what apps you can install or brick your application/devic…

I'm fine with banning apps that permit organizing violent insurrection in response to independently certified elections. That isn't the case here however and I expect some resolution will come.

> I'm okay with deplatforming, but only when it suits me

Jesus, just shut the fuck up.

Re: Our app was banned because the button says “Report User” and not just “Report”

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Post by doctor_eval »

orborde wrote: post #57
toastal wrote: post #42

It won't solve these issues with gatekeepers fundamentally and doesn't work for all cases, but embracing PWAs means anyone can click the 'install' button for your application and side step some of this nonsense while getting a fairly robust feature set.

What is a PWA?

Progressive web apps - i.e. web apps
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