Re:Google changes Android content policy; intrusive ads now ...
by thijser on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @10:10AM
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I'd advise you to try our AppBrain Ad Detector also mentioned in one of my other comments on this post. It shows you for all apps which common libraries are included in them.
And as a bonus for developers we aggregate the stats anonymously such that you can see which libraries are legitimate and not on the "android library statistics" page on AppBrain.
Now I always refuse these offers. It's too difficult to figure out who is legitimate and who is not. However, these offers are so frequent and sometimes they even look interesting and original such that I can imagine some developers would be willing to try them out.
Every time I buy an app on the play store I wonder: Has the developer succumbed to the temptation and let a shady piece of code with spyware or adware in their app?