Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”

Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by thatoneuser on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:26AM (#19490280)

Had similar experience. Several years ago app with 6+ digit installs in the first six months. Got some generic excuse and our app was down. We could contest but then they threatened to take even more away.

I don't like these platforms...

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by giancarlostoro on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @07:10AM (#19490694)

What's sad is the apps that do need to be removed (ie asking for way more permissions) never do, and the ones just trying to get into the ecosystem get punished for automated incompetence. The cutesy act of Google is really getting old. I rather just do progressive web apps as they become more common and not worry about their crappy app store.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by dhimes on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @07:58AM (#19490890)

automated incompetence

I'm going to start using this term.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by russh on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:08PM (#19496465)

Google is truly the worlds leader in AI*

* Artificial Incompetence

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by thatoneuser on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:24PM (#19496158)

Exactly. Our app only had a few permissions, the ones needed for functionality. We only collected enough data to make sure we understood how people were using the app. I mean it was created to learn android - we didn't have huge goals, let alone nefarious ones. Yet AL this other junk goes right by.

Fuck Google. Idc anymore - fuck them. They rose to the top on the promise of "were different!" And "don't be evil". It's probably our own fault for trusting them but at this point if a competitor came out I'd jump at the chance to move to them and hasten Googles death.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by whoopdedo on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:38AM (#19492228)

I would suspect that some of those apps are being removed. But they are cockroaches. Google can crush one of them but there are 100 more right behind it. The scammers response to automated moderation is automated submission.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by netsharc on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:45AM (#19490358)

Cloud feudalism... https://hbr.org/2013/06/you-have-no-control-over-s

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by thatoneuser on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:25PM (#19496172)

That's so perfect. Never thought of the word feudal ism specifically but it fits.

Were helpless. These companies run the world. Regulation needs to happen and I HATE regulation. But at this point Wed only be regulating like a dozen entities while giving citizens more freedom.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by anyzen on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @09:21AM (#19491501)

I love this term, thank you! It is so fitting.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by neuronic on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:34AM (#19490566)

This is precisely why EU antitrust strikes against Google are well deserved. I hope they are hit with much more.

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Re:Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads” by posterboy on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @11:51AM (#19492928)

Well deserved for the EU, not the programmer? Not really. Suppose the programmer could have sued, though.

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