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Google please steal this idea. Edit: current policy is "Ads in your app that are served to children need to be appropriate and served from an ads network that

Google please steal this idea. Edit: current policy is "Ads in your app that are served to children need to be appropriate and served from an ads network that has certified compliance with our families policies." See https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/05/building-safer-google-play-for-kids.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/05/building-s...

duxup 7y ago
Considering the state of the play store and such ... probably nobody is paying attention.
- panpanna 7y ago
  A year ago I would have agreed but a lot has happened lately. Play store went from 3.2m to 2.6m apps last year. When it comes to rejecting apps that violate their tos they are pretty trigger happy.
  - duxup 7y ago
    I feel like they're trigger happy... but via automation and scripts that I'm not sure are getting that much. Like the volume is down, but for all I know it's just the same actors getting the same stuff out there. It's really hard to tell.
    - panpanna 7y ago
      I thick they are starting to do some good. For what it's worth, Apple QA is also mostly automated.
      - duxup 7y ago
        It would be interesting to know how Apple's automation works as the impression (may not be accurate) is their approval or denying is a bit more precise.
  - thethirdone 7y ago
    I have had hobby games I made when learning taken down several times for violating the TOS. Just resubmitting with an extra config box checked is enough to get back on. I got hit by the for kids advertisement thing despite not advertising or tracking in any way because I had not set it up to either be explicitly for kids or not.
  - raxxorrax 7y ago
    I feel they put more attention to competitors than to moral objection to content.
josefresco 7y ago
My anecdotal experience shows this policy is complete bullshit or not enforced at all. Last summer spent time using a Google Play game for kids ages 10+ - The ads we overtly sexual and completely inappropriate for kids under 18. I screenshotted and tweeted it at Google and ... crickets. The developer who made the game was Pixonic: https://pixonic.com https://pixonic.com

duxup 7y ago

Considering the state of the play store and such ... probably nobody is paying attention.

panpanna 7y ago
A year ago I would have agreed but a lot has happened lately. Play store went from 3.2m to 2.6m apps last year. When it comes to rejecting apps that violate their tos they are pretty trigger happy.
- duxup 7y ago
  I feel like they're trigger happy... but via automation and scripts that I'm not sure are getting that much. Like the volume is down, but for all I know it's just the same actors getting the same stuff out there. It's really hard to tell.
  - panpanna 7y ago
    I thick they are starting to do some good. For what it's worth, Apple QA is also mostly automated.
    - duxup 7y ago
      It would be interesting to know how Apple's automation works as the impression (may not be accurate) is their approval or denying is a bit more precise.
- thethirdone 7y ago
  I have had hobby games I made when learning taken down several times for violating the TOS. Just resubmitting with an extra config box checked is enough to get back on. I got hit by the for kids advertisement thing despite not advertising or tracking in any way because I had not set it up to either be explicitly for kids or not.
- raxxorrax 7y ago
  I feel they put more attention to competitors than to moral objection to content.

josefresco 7y ago

My anecdotal experience shows this policy is complete bullshit or not enforced at all. Last summer spent time using a Google Play game for kids ages 10+ - The ads we overtly sexual and completely inappropriate for kids under 18. I screenshotted and tweeted it at Google and ... crickets. The developer who made the game was Pixonic: https://pixonic.com https://pixonic.com