My app just got removed with no prior warning
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My app just got removed with no prior warning
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Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#2Meanwhile developers complain that the app store cut is too high for small devs.
Heads up. If a big tech co is not going to make back money from you - the amount of careful human review by well paid folks is going to be minimal because the scale of cheap / free users is so high.
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#3Meanwhile developers complain that the app store cut is too high for small devs. Heads up. If a big tech co is not going to make back money from you - the amount of careful human review by well paid folks is going to be minimal because the scale of cheap / free users is so high.
You just tried to call out people complaining about the cut they take right now with the logic that leads to piss poor service (terrible take but let's roll with it)
Right now OP is getting piss poor service.
So how does A relate to B in the context of this post? You think there's worse than the current 0 percent warning and support they got, or...
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#4Meanwhile developers complain that the app store cut is too high for small devs. Heads up. If a big tech co is not going to make back money from you - the amount of careful human review by well paid folks is going to be minimal because the scale of cheap / free users is so high.
And this is EXACTLY why people are fighting against google and apple exclusively controlling the stores on the respective platforms.
Edit: yes, i know you can add a 3rd party "store" to android, but it doesnt have the same rights as the google store, and its certainly not a user friendly process.
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#5> App stores should review apps at set frequencies. Developers should know the expected date for their next review so that they can prepare for unexpected consequences that require direct action.
I guarantee bad actors would remove unpermitted functionality right before the review, and put it back after.
There's a reason even restaurant food safety inspectors don't tell the restaurant when they're coming. But on the other hand, restaurant food safety inspectors do usually give you a chance to correct the violation before shutting you down (depending on severity anyway).
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#6> Are we expected to be available 24/7/365 to act on Google's unforeseeable impulses?
Almost all software nowadays involves some back-end with 24/7/365 availability, which means that unplanned outages can occur at any time. It sucks, especially for small or one-person operations, but it's the game many of us are in.
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#7The author should consider removing their blog from the Google-owned property they are currently using, lest it also get removed with no prior warning.
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#8Meanwhile developers complain that the app store cut is too high for small devs. Heads up. If a big tech co is not going to make back money from you - the amount of careful human review by well paid folks is going to be minimal because the scale of cheap / free users is so high.
So they need to take a huge cut to provide awful service regardless? Huh?
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#9Meanwhile developers complain that the app store cut is too high for small devs. Heads up. If a big tech co is not going to make back money from you - the amount of careful human review by well paid folks is going to be minimal because the scale of cheap / free users is so high.
I don't complain about the fee, I just don't want to hear about the app store at all and distribute my software freely without unwanted middleware which don't add value.
Re: My app just got removed with no prior warning
#10I don’t see this as too much an issue. Sure, you have a privacy policy accessible in your app, but
A) Google doesn’t know that
B) People in the Play store can’t read it before downloading.
All Google is asking is that you put the privacy policy in the store page. Seems reasonable.