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Chrome extension developer here. Google ripped my Chrome extension off the app store about a month ago. I got a similar cryptic message, and then I scrambled
by patwalls 6y ago
Chrome extension developer here.
Google ripped my Chrome extension off the app store about a month ago.
I got a similar cryptic message, and then I scrambled to fix it, like you're doing now. Somehow my extension reappeared the next day.
Email me pat [at] trypigeon [dot] co and I can send you some of the things I did that maybe have helped.
Tweeting my support as well: https://twitter.com/thepatwalls/status/1260638967793242113 https://twitter.com/thepatwalls/status/1260638967793242113
- jonny_eh 6y ago> Email me pat [at] trypigeon [dot] co and I can send you some of the things I did that maybe have helped. Please post here so everyone else can learn too.
- celticninja 6y agoI assume GP is trying not to help those the automated system intends to catch
- komali2 6y agoThat's a lot of good faith you're giving these automated systems...
- tomsmeding 6y agoOr, of course, said poster would like the maintainers of the automated system not to realise the workarounds for their system. :)
- patwalls 6y agoHaha, my "workarounds" consisted of being persistent with a few different support emails I found, posting on the Chromium support forums, and a few other things. Pretty boring stuff, and I'm not really sure that it even worked. Weeks or months from now, I'm sure someone will get their extension removed from the store, and may come across this post scrambling for a solution. If that's you, please reach out to me and I can send you the support emails and everything I tried.
- nsgf 6y ago> trypigeon [dot] co Unrelated, but you got multiple ids with value 'feature-1' on your landing page.
- amasad 6y agoI had a similar experience but it wasn't important to me and I let it go despite being a growing extension with 10s of thousands of users and lots of good reviews.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoI have written about this recently on the Android side. https://medium.com/@lazherrera/that-one-time-google-made-it-more-difficult-to-communicate-about-covid-19-cf29c3751c69 https://medium.com/@lazherrera/that-one-time-google-made-it-... If you use any of the words related to the COVID-19 pandemic, they will pull your app, suspend you and ding your account.
- nullc 6y agoI tried to follow you link but just get prompted to make a medium account.
- cwhiz 6y agoGoogle has effectively created a private monopoly on any Android applications related to Covid-19. And the last time this sort of information was posted to HN the comments section was a race to see who could do the best apology for Google. This policy by Google is hurting people and businesses. Meanwhile, Apple has a similar policy but all they do is just take extra care when reviewing your app. I suggest you port your app to iOS and submit it to the App Store. Apple will accept it and approve it.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoGoogle is very explicitly limiting COVID apps to those published by reputable public health orgs: https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/40578311?hl=en https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/40578311?hl=en
- cwhiz 6y agoYeah that’s exactly what we’re talking about... Which includes helping people print warning labels. Gotta protect people from that. But the malware is fine.
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y agoA monopoly is the only logical path to take when, you know...they go around claiming they know nothing about an app to support the US govt .../s