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Re:Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle... by duskwuff on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:10PM (#25910728)
That's explicitly a violation of Google's Play Store Policies:

> Apps must not present themselves as a spying or secret surveillance solution.

If your application could be accurately described as a "spy cam", it's likely that you were already in violation of their stalkerware policies.

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Re:Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle... by ffhhj on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:05PM (#25921045)
That's correct, but my app didn't have any specific feature that makes it a "spy cam", it's just a funny feature, indeed you can use any video recording app as a "spy cam". So according to Google the difference between one and the other is mentioning those words. That shows how their automatic ban system works.
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