Google cancels Google Play publisher account and ends family’s source of income

Post by mohamez » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 9:38 PM UTC

Post by kevingadd » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 9:39 PM UTC

noneeeed wrote: post #4

Based on the frequency with which this sort of post gets significant traction it's pretty clear that no one at Google gives a crap about this issue. I find it hard to imagine that people in Google are unaware of this problem. I often wonder if this has happened to people with more clout who have managed to pull strings to get it sorted, or if Google have just got lucky and managed to avoid hitting someone who might a…

Post by l-lousy » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 9:41 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #19

emptyparadise wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google really should have a manual process with actual humans one can interact with when Google accounts that had enough money pass through them are involved.

> Google really should have a manual process with actual humans one can interact with when Google accounts that had enough money pass through them are involved Flip side of this is compromised accounts, or those doing illegal or dangerous things would run far longer.

Post by kd913 » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 9:43 PM UTC

karmakurtisaani wrote: post #7

rvz wrote: post #3

Another day, another termination by Google Play. The reason? None. Just a generic response sent to the developers on Christmas Day. Might have been the grinch himself issuing those automated responses to others. This company and its services (including, YouTube) are run by bots and they are the ones doing the moderation and not even the humans running them care at all. Unless something completely fundamental happens,…

Not to really defend Google here, but how else would you do it? The amount of data on these platforms is enormous and having people review the videos/apps/whatever would be simply prohibitively expensive. I think they need to balance how strict their abuse detection is. Making it too strict will kick out legitimate users without mercy. Making it less strict will allow potentially harmful (for business) content to spr…

Post by asdfasgasdgasdg » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 9:44 PM UTC

noneeeed wrote: post #20

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Based on the frequency with which this sort of post gets significant traction it's pretty clear that no one at Google gives a crap about this issue. Lots of other reasonable explanations that match the available evidence and involve Google caring about this issue. For example, their hands could be tied by legal forces beyond their control. Or they could care a great deal, but perhaps they have been unable to resolv…

What sort of legal issues would prevent Google actually providing some information on the reason for the ban, of prevent it actually engaging in any kind of useful communication? My issue with these bans is not the bans themselves, but the Kafkaesc process in which you are supposed to argue why you think their decision is wrong without knowing what they based the decision on.