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Re:I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf] by mcv on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:21AM (#24197755)
The thing I fear most here, is companies getting banned because they employ a developer who worked at another company that gets banned. I've heard that either for Apple or Google (I forgot which), any relationship at all to a banned account can get you banned.

So an unlucky developer could rapidly become even more unlucky, and infect others with that 'bad luck'.

Re:I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf] by js4ever on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @09:56AM (#24198569)
Indeed, for that reason I will never use any google products for my businesses. The risk of being destroyed overnight and without any possible appeal is just too high.
Re:I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf] by stjohnswarts on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:59AM (#24200281)
Curious do you just stick with web apps or just don't do any sort of business that requires it? I was thinking about a career shift into apps or web apps, leaning towards web actually because I do have a little bit of "full stack" experience on simple web applications/databases in the embedded sphere.
Re:I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf] by js4ever on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:21AM (#24207708)
Yes I now focus on business ideas that cannot be blocked/banned/rejected ... Since 2011 I had 4 startups that where killed by either google, apple, Facebook and YouTube. In 2016 I decided to avoid them as much as possible and never rely on third parties, ... Yes this is discarding a lot of good business ideas ... But your business then cannot be killed by a third party at any time