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> I don't understand what Google is thinking about when they banned donations. They're thinking that they're a monopoly and can do whatever the hell they want
by missosoup 7y ago
> I don't understand what Google is thinking about when they banned donations.
They're thinking that they're a monopoly and can do whatever the hell they want without needing to justify themselves?
- segfaultbuserr 7y agoAs far as I can tell, probably!
- nyolfen 7y agohazarding a guess, i’m assuming people tried using off-platform payments described as donations to sidestep play store payments
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- segfaultbuserr 7y agoYes. This is what I suspect. But knocking out all donations using a big ban hammer is not acceptable here, it should be decided on a case-by-case basis. For example, a standard I can think of, is distinguishing donations and payments that influence the functionality of the application/service, and those that have no effect.
- kllrnohj 7y ago> But knocking out all donations using a big ban hammer is not acceptable here To be fair they didn't. You can accept donations if you're an actual charity (like Wikipedia is). The line they drew isn't perfectly fair, no, but it's not a full ban hammer, either.