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They allow Drizly, an alcohol delivery app.

• floatingatoll 7y ago
  Do they knowingly allow it and have affirmed publicly that such apps are okay? Or, have they silently permitted it on their App Store but never openly said “this is fine”?
  • ckorhonen 7y ago
    Considering they have actively featured some of alcohol delivery apps in the store at some point (either at the Food and Drink category level, or in a "Plan that Memorial Day BBQ" type curation), then I assume that it is fine? It maybe starts to get a bit more hairy since some of them now also sell tobacco and CBD products alongside the alcohol.
    • floatingatoll 7y ago
      There's a big difference between "An official Google blog post said it's okay", to the same level of certainty as the pot post linked above, and "An app store curator selected an app". App store curators are likely independent contractors hired by a third-party management firm, for one. They're not quite clear about whether "featured apps" are endorsed by Google or merely selected by "staff" (a term that usually includes contractors), but I imagine if you made a fuss about "Google promotes XYZ evil app", they would quietly update the legalese to say that "featured" does not imply "endorsed" or similar. https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/1295940?hl=en https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...
• shard972 7y ago
  Well hey, that's illegal in Iran, so might as well ban it from the google store.