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What this shows is how anti-user closed app eco-systems are. Some users probably found his app very useful but can't use it because lawyers.
You'd have the same problem if you were on the open web and the company sent a DMCA takedown request to your hosting company.
I didn’t think they would mind, I thought I was doing them a favor. Pointing people to their great content. It’s free advertising
then stop. Other people don't want your "free" advertising.
After just skimming through the post, I have a question for OP. Why did you create 10 different apps? Why not just one app, that gave the user the ability to enter a channel name and check out all their videos? I think that's better, both in terms of not spamming — for the lack of a better work — the Play Store, as well as UX. I'm afraid the actions taken by Google in this case can be justified, since publishing 10 a…
According to the article, that's what he was working on after releasing the 10 apps.
However, I'll give it to you, they could've made the regulations regarding this a little more explicit and visible.
It's called trademark law. It's very explicit that you can't copy the logo and name of another company.
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Judging by the names of the apps/wrappers (if they were same in the store) from here http://distantfutu.re/page/portfolio.html he is lucky to not get sued at the same time as well. He's even argumentative about trademark infringement in his post. I don't think he fully understands what he really did wrong.
Here's a copy of the app information, copied by some app discovering site: http://www.myappwiz.com/home/getapp?platform=Android&appID=c...
But he completely botched the execution.
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The rule is explicit: it's called trademark law. You can't just copy the name and logo of another company, append " TV" and distribute it publicly. This is an official app of The Verge: http://www.myappwiz.com/home/getapp?platform=Ios&appID=54251... This is OP's unofficial app: http://www.myappwiz.com/home/getapp?platform=Android&appID=c... It's pretty clear that this is prone to cause confusion, even with the discla…
Quotes from the article: "I emailed Google back and asked them to tell me exactly what I need to change to be compliant with the rules. Is it the icon? The name? The disclaimer? What? Google refused to give me any additional information. So, I just left the app in the suspended state and never attempted to update it since I really didn’t know what I needed to change" "Why didn’t you give the apps a different name? We…
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Agreed - the whole thing reads like a giant whine, to me. The author has zero concept of what he's done wrong, which is astounding to me.
The question is, was the punishment proportional to the crime? The 'whine' was about being banned for life because of novice mistakes made without bad faith. How is one supposed to learn the ropes? It's like learning to drive in a country where driving schools didn't exist and the full extent of traffic laws applied to you. How possibly could the author learn what he was doing wrong?
Maybe listen to one of the many warnings he was given?