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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by missosoup on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:47AM (#21269329)
> I don't understand what Google is thinking about when they banned donations.

They're thinking that they're a monopoly and can do whatever the hell they want without needing to justify themselves?

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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by nyolfen on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:53AM (#21269383)
hazarding a guess, i’m assuming people tried using off-platform payments described as donations to sidestep play store payments
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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by segfaultbuserr on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:59AM (#21271082)
Yes. This is what I suspect. But knocking out all donations using a big ban hammer is not acceptable here, it should be decided on a case-by-case basis. For example, a standard I can think of, is distinguishing donations and payments that influence the functionality of the application/service, and those that have no effect.
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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by kllrnohj on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:59PM (#21272621)
> But knocking out all donations using a big ban hammer is not acceptable here

To be fair they didn't. You can accept donations if you're an actual charity (like Wikipedia is). The line they drew isn't perfectly fair, no, but it's not a full ban hammer, either.

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Re:Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to do... by segfaultbuserr on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:48AM (#21269339)
As far as I can tell, probably!
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