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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by bosswipe on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:33PM (#23170825)
The big crime isn't the request to reduce permissions. The big crime is the lack of details and lack of communication. It's having to drop everything and work in a panic trying to guess how to please the faceless mysterious robot.
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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by sixothree on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:55PM (#23172291)
This exemplifies Google's reputation well.
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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by wombat-man on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:58PM (#23171757)
yeah, it would make way more sense to codify the policy and just tell devs that they are using banned functionality or something.
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