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It seems to me that the nature of the app is whats causing the issue. From one of the emails they got from Google: > We don't allow apps with any code that c

It seems to me that the nature of the app is whats causing the issue. From one of the emails they got from Google: > We don't allow apps with any code that could put a user, a user’s data, or a device at risk. Maybe they think the ability to execute arbitrary code is too powerful of a feature?

ivoras 5y ago
Historically, that has been a major reason for banning apps for both Apple and Google. IIRC Apple even went to extremes and banned browsers which do not use their own JavaScript interpreter.
CogitoCogito 5y ago
That could be the issue. It could also be something else entirely. It's a bit unfortunate that they are left guessing as to what the problem is.
pjerem 5y ago
> Maybe they think the ability to execute arbitrary code is too powerful of a feature? Yes, probably. But maybe they can act and speak like humans, maybe even make a phone call before just deleting without notice a well established 7 years old app with more than 100k users, cancelling all revenue from user's subscriptions, and all that while sending bot-like mails just saying that they can't give more information about why they are killing an organisation. I think this is really serious. A respected business is going to be shut down, real people are going to be fired and Google isn't even able to answer to an email asking why it's happening ?
- richardwhiuk 5y ago
  Maybe the business should have read the policy guidelines.
Jiocus 5y ago
“Hold my beer," - mobile Google Chrome. Trying to see it from Googles point of view though. Perhaps there is a useful distinction to be made between end-user apps, and apps and functionality targeting developers. There is developer tooling to be found outside the Play store. Far away from the general audience and the risk of causing them security issues. I can't say I agree with it, and Droidscript could well be a godsend to somebody making good use of it. There should be an avalanche of truly malicious apps and related dev malpractice they could root out from their platform before this.

ivoras 5y ago

Historically, that has been a major reason for banning apps for both Apple and Google. IIRC Apple even went to extremes and banned browsers which do not use their own JavaScript interpreter.

CogitoCogito 5y ago

That could be the issue. It could also be something else entirely. It's a bit unfortunate that they are left guessing as to what the problem is.

pjerem 5y ago

> Maybe they think the ability to execute arbitrary code is too powerful of a feature? Yes, probably. But maybe they can act and speak like humans, maybe even make a phone call before just deleting without notice a well established 7 years old app with more than 100k users, cancelling all revenue from user's subscriptions, and all that while sending bot-like mails just saying that they can't give more information about why they are killing an organisation. I think this is really serious. A respected business is going to be shut down, real people are going to be fired and Google isn't even able to answer to an email asking why it's happening ?

richardwhiuk 5y ago
Maybe the business should have read the policy guidelines.

Jiocus 5y ago

“Hold my beer," - mobile Google Chrome. Trying to see it from Googles point of view though. Perhaps there is a useful distinction to be made between end-user apps, and apps and functionality targeting developers. There is developer tooling to be found outside the Play store. Far away from the general audience and the risk of causing them security issues. I can't say I agree with it, and Droidscript could well be a godsend to somebody making good use of it. There should be an avalanche of truly malicious apps and related dev malpractice they could root out from their platform before this.