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Blacklisting or just not supporting those device types and therefore preventing users using it?
by edf13 8y ago
Blacklisting or just not supporting those device types and therefore preventing users using it?
- unsignedint 8y agoTweet says users can download apk so it's just they can't get it off Google Play. Users basically will get a message it's not compatible with their device hence they can't review the app.
- shakna 8y agoWhich sounds exactly like 'We won't support that device'. You can work around it, but you're on your own if anything goes wrong.
- unsignedint 8y agoYeah, it's a blacklist for "general public" but those adventurous or ones who can support themselves can try. Quite modest approach I think.
- loeg 8y agoIt does not sound like "therefore preventing users using it," though.
- shakna 8y agoYep. Unsupported, but not 'blacklisted'.
- Fradow 8y agoIt is a blacklist at the Google Play level, not at the apk level. The devices are supported, as evidenced by the advice to download the apk directly. There are several ways to blacklist device: - via Google Play, you have a list of all the device your apk is supposed to support. You can blacklist some of them, which won't be able to install the app, despite being otherwise supported - at the apk level (Android Manifest), by requiring hardware capability (for example, a camera, a phone, screen size ...) but not by specific model - obviously, you can detect the model after install and do a custom blacklist that prevent the user from actually using the app VLC only used the first method, as a way to avoid those models from reviewing the app, because they were leaving disproportionate negative reviews. That's a very sensible move if you ask me.