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Re:Open letter from an Android developer to the Google Play ... by zenbai on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:50AM (#20734978)
This is the worst thing about this whole issue.

If they were actually good at removing crapware from the store, then a bit of collateral damage would be understandable. Instead, it is still filled with crapware and even when reported they do nothing. And instead, they go for honest developers.

At this point Google is practically almost hostile to honest developers.

Also, it is strange that they value the revenue from these crapware apps more than their platform's reputation compared to ios App Store.

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Re:Open letter from an Android developer to the Google Play ... by yuvalr1 on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:27AM (#20735378)
> If they were actually good at removing crapware from the store, then a bit of collateral damage would be understandable

I don't agree. Honest developers should never be suspended such arbitrarily, not even as "collateral damage". Please remember that for an Android studio, being suspended from the Play Store means not only the end of the business, but also the end of the developer's career as an Android dev.

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Re:Open letter from an Android developer to the Google Play ... by erdemozg on Monday August 19, 2019 @06:59AM (#20736705)
Why would getting suspended from Play Store mean the end of a developer's career ? Could you elaborate? Isn't it possible to continue with a new gmail account? Am I missing something here?

edit: spelling

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Re:Open letter from an Android developer to the Google Play ... by yuvalr1 on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:03AM (#20736987)
I read multiple stories like that online (I didn't save them but some were published here on HN). As far as the stories go, it looks like Google associates new accounts with the suspended one and suspend them as well. They do this using verification mails, phone numbers and credit card numbers. Google also tells you not to open a new account, and that it will not help you. The OP got such a warning as well, as described in the main article.
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