Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account

Post by tapland » Sat, Feb 09, 2019, 9:43 PM UTC

ben_jones wrote: post #94

heptathorp wrote: post #51

> I had created a Google Developer Account simply so I could pass on the login details to my app developers who uploaded and updated the app via my account each time. Sounds like one of those developers was previously banned for violating ToS and Google suspects the author is the same person with a new account trying to evade the ban. Instead of sharing login details, the correct thing to do is add a user and give th…

Reminds me of how gaming accounts are frequently banned for automation or similar cheating, only to pull at heart strings saying they were hacked and that they themselves did not commit the cheating. With VPNs and similar tools it can be difficult for the moderator to know for sure so bad actors take advantage of the situation. As a result you get a painful margin of error the is difficult to reduce without significa…

Post by morpheuskafka » Sat, Feb 09, 2019, 9:43 PM UTC

nurettin wrote: post #102

bdibs wrote: post #50

I actually just got my Google Ads account suspended because I forgot to update my billing address before adding a new card. The suspension was for "suspicious billing activity", tried appealing twice with the correct billing address, and was told the suspension is final (some automated email) both times. They won't take my calls because the account is suspended, which leaves me not being able to advertise on the #1 s…

Why not open a new account, or release a new copy your app using a different namespace? I mean it is an inconvenience, but we aren't exactly as powerless as is described in the article.

Post by grigjd3 » Sat, Feb 09, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

forty wrote: post #75

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Dont trust google and [don't] have a strategy that totally relies on a party out of your control Last week, much of Google and Facebook were brought to a halt after Apple revoked their enterprise certificates. While the circumstances justified Apple's actions in this case, the fact remains that even Google and Facebook are largely reliant on another large company. If Apple completely banned all Facebook apps from t…

I guess it would hurt Apple quite a lot as well, as I guess many users use their Apple products mainly to use Facebook's apps...

Post by qhwudbebd » Sat, Feb 09, 2019, 9:46 PM UTC

wwweston wrote: post #122

qhwudbebd wrote: post #85

I note from the mention of £25k that you're probably in the UK. If you don't mind burning fifty quid or so, you might find it satisfying to use the small claims process to issue for a sensible (not super-inflated) estimate of damages. The below is not legal advice, but is written from personal experience. Try to leave a clear paper trail of your reasonableness: send a clear notice before action with a reasonable time…

> Their costs will be substantial and the rules do not allow them to recover them from a non-vexatious claimant... Do the rules allow them to bring the question of whether the claimant is non-vexatious to litigation?

Post by parrellel » Sat, Feb 09, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

nurettin wrote: post #102

bdibs wrote: post #50

I actually just got my Google Ads account suspended because I forgot to update my billing address before adding a new card. The suspension was for "suspicious billing activity", tried appealing twice with the correct billing address, and was told the suspension is final (some automated email) both times. They won't take my calls because the account is suspended, which leaves me not being able to advertise on the #1 s…

Why not open a new account, or release a new copy your app using a different namespace? I mean it is an inconvenience, but we aren't exactly as powerless as is described in the article.