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Google uses blacklists of words to demonetize Youtube channels. They have similar blacklists to ban Play apps. I found it the hard way when they removed my vide
by ffhhj 6y ago
Google uses blacklists of words to demonetize Youtube channels. They have similar blacklists to ban Play apps. I found it the hard way when they removed my video recording app after I simply added "spy cam" in the list of features.
Lesson of life learned, so I implemented ways to keep in contact with my users in case of sudden ban and ask them to move to a new app or another channel.
- duskwuff 6y agoThat's explicitly a violation of Google's Play Store Policies: > Apps must not present themselves as a spying or secret surveillance solution. If your application could be accurately described as a "spy cam", it's likely that you were already in violation of their stalkerware policies.
- ffhhj 6y agoThat's correct, but my app didn't have any specific feature that makes it a "spy cam", it's just a funny feature, indeed you can use any video recording app as a "spy cam". So according to Google the difference between one and the other is mentioning those words. That shows how their automatic ban system works.