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The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

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Re: The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

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Post by tavavex »

nchmy wrote: post #70
Gareth321 wrote: post #18

MAYBE operating systems shouldn't have gatekeepers which can deny access to billions of customers for any and no reason at all. Apple and Google are WELL past due for regulation in this space. The fact that we cannot download and install software from the internet onto our phones JUST like we can do with our computers is a symbol of our inept and ineffective politicians. And before someone says "well akshully you can…

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Web apps can't fully replace native apps. This would be a bandaid fix, we need a fully open ecosystem for apps, like what is available on PCs. Native apps can run offline, they can be much more deeply integrated into the OS (you can't have a web app Android launcher, for instance), and they have a performance overhead due to having more layers between them and the hardware, which is important for games or anything complex.

Re: The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

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Post by carlosjobim »

tehlike wrote: post #90
carlosjobim wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because? People wait far longer for much more important things in real life.

Speed is money. Yes people wait for 9 months for having a baby, doesn't mean you should wait 9 months for an app release. That is not a sound logic.

Yes, but one week to wait for your app is nothing to complain about.

Re: The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

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Post by LilBytes »

greysonp wrote: post #79

With Signal, the biggest issue we have is that review times are extremely inconsistent. Sometimes it's 4 hours, sometimes it's 5 days, and there's no visibility as to why. Our working theory is that there's automated and manual queues, and occasionally, for whatever reason, we fall into the manual queue. But when you work on an app that has weekly updates, randomly getting hit with a review time of several days reall…

Thank you for Signal <3

Re: The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

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Post by wiradikusuma »

Yea I noticed that as well. Even longer than Apple's.

FYI Samsung's is even worse.. 6-8 weeks. Hope you get it right the first time you submit your app.

I submitted Signage Sync (https://signagesync.app) last year, still on my third review. Fingers crossed:)

Re: The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

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Post by pavlov »

Gareth321 wrote: post #18

MAYBE operating systems shouldn't have gatekeepers which can deny access to billions of customers for any and no reason at all. Apple and Google are WELL past due for regulation in this space. The fact that we cannot download and install software from the internet onto our phones JUST like we can do with our computers is a symbol of our inept and ineffective politicians. And before someone says "well akshully you can…

> "Apple and Google are WELL past due for regulation in this space."

There is major regulation in place already. EU's Digital Markets Act forces these OS gatekeepers to allow alternative app stores and external payment methods. It also prevents Apple from playing anti-competitive games with App Store rules, like banning hyperlinks within apps that could be used to allow the user to make a payment elsewhere.

The current US government won't do anything to follow suit, but hopefully a future one might.

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