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What do you mean? Can you elaborate? Are you not allowed to have “new” in the title? Why not? So many questions…

mandeepj 5y ago
Please check "Examples of common violations in app title, icon, or developer name" at https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9898684#zippy=%2Cexamples-of-common-violations-in-ratings-and-reviews%2Cexamples-of-common-violations-in-app-title-icon-or-developer-name https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... They sent me very obscure messages about non-compliance. It took me a while to figure out the problem.
- sdoering 5y ago
  So Google has forbidden the use of "New" in the title of an app. OP used "New" in title of an app and now complains about Google enforcing the clearly stated rules? This has nothing to do with the question if Google should have the right to set these rules. If the are somewhat like a monopoly in the app market (at least for Android) or of any (maybe rightly to make) argument against Google's businesses practices. As far as I can learn from the posting and one comment Google not only has every right to shut down the account, but must do so not to ensure that others would point this out as an example and argue for their apps to be allowed these words in the title. And that would probably make the whole crappy app store even worse for the end user/consumer.
  - cbarrick 5y ago
    If "new" is not allowed in the game's title, then delist the game. That seems like a fair and justified reaction. Deleting OP's developer account is neither fair nor justified.
    - sdoering 5y ago
      As can be seen in sister thread OP had two warnings already. So deleting the account was the third strike. It did not came as a surprise. Or it shouldn't have.
  - mandeepj 5y ago
    I published the app early last year. I did not change the title after the initial optimizations. There was no problem all along until now. How would you feel if your app is deleted shortly after receiving couple of ambiguous emails in a month? Mid last year, we changed the game play entirely. During all this time, we worked a lot and hard on it. It really hurts to see the game gone - just like that.
    - m0lecules 5y ago
      can you post the emails?
      - mandeepj 5y ago
        Here it is - https://imgur.com/a/XeAVWzs https://imgur.com/a/XeAVWzs
        sdoering 5y ago
        So you receive two clear and (at least to me as a non native speaker) straight emails aboit being not compliant. Looks like you changed the title after the first one to something that also was non compliant. I actually can't see any reason to side with you on this matter. This is so clear cut. The mails, the documentation and the fact that Google warned in both cases. You already compounded two strikes and now complain about the third.
        mandeepj 5y ago
        Apologies for not sharing earlier these details. I use a separate account for my google dev console, which I do not check frequently. I was traveling internationally from Nov 5 to Dev 6. So, so did not check emails in that a/c at all during that time. So, all of this happened in my absence. I did not get a chance to do anything. Imagine, coming back and find your home all destroyed, so yeah, that happened. Someone might say - it's my personal situation, but still. Hopefully, someone else might learn from my experience. In retrospect when I look back, I could have setup an email fwding in my dev account. About 5-6 months ago, they raised an compliance issue about an image on my game's page. It was sudden and out of nowhere. The image was about a fighting image. I was not sure what's wrong, but I still removed it. Shortly, they again raised a concern about some keywords. I removed those also. But, this time I was not around, so did not get an opportunity. I shared all of that in an appear to Google, but no effect :-(
- benibela 5y ago
  These examples make me wonder if I should remove "Free" from my app title But I did not put it there because of the price, but to announce it as open-source
  - mandeepj 5y ago
    Can you replace ‘free’ with ‘open source’?

Please check "Examples of common violations in app title, icon, or developer name" at https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9898684#zippy=%2Cexamples-of-common-violations-in-ratings-and-reviews%2Cexamples-of-common-violations-in-app-title-icon-or-developer-name https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... They sent me very obscure messages about non-compliance. It took me a while to figure out the problem.

sdoering 5y ago
So Google has forbidden the use of "New" in the title of an app. OP used "New" in title of an app and now complains about Google enforcing the clearly stated rules? This has nothing to do with the question if Google should have the right to set these rules. If the are somewhat like a monopoly in the app market (at least for Android) or of any (maybe rightly to make) argument against Google's businesses practices. As far as I can learn from the posting and one comment Google not only has every right to shut down the account, but must do so not to ensure that others would point this out as an example and argue for their apps to be allowed these words in the title. And that would probably make the whole crappy app store even worse for the end user/consumer.
- cbarrick 5y ago
  If "new" is not allowed in the game's title, then delist the game. That seems like a fair and justified reaction. Deleting OP's developer account is neither fair nor justified.
  - sdoering 5y ago
    As can be seen in sister thread OP had two warnings already. So deleting the account was the third strike. It did not came as a surprise. Or it shouldn't have.
- mandeepj 5y ago
  I published the app early last year. I did not change the title after the initial optimizations. There was no problem all along until now. How would you feel if your app is deleted shortly after receiving couple of ambiguous emails in a month? Mid last year, we changed the game play entirely. During all this time, we worked a lot and hard on it. It really hurts to see the game gone - just like that.
  - m0lecules 5y ago
    can you post the emails?
    - mandeepj 5y ago
      Here it is - https://imgur.com/a/XeAVWzs https://imgur.com/a/XeAVWzs
      - sdoering 5y ago
        So you receive two clear and (at least to me as a non native speaker) straight emails aboit being not compliant. Looks like you changed the title after the first one to something that also was non compliant. I actually can't see any reason to side with you on this matter. This is so clear cut. The mails, the documentation and the fact that Google warned in both cases. You already compounded two strikes and now complain about the third.
        mandeepj 5y ago
        Apologies for not sharing earlier these details. I use a separate account for my google dev console, which I do not check frequently. I was traveling internationally from Nov 5 to Dev 6. So, so did not check emails in that a/c at all during that time. So, all of this happened in my absence. I did not get a chance to do anything. Imagine, coming back and find your home all destroyed, so yeah, that happened. Someone might say - it's my personal situation, but still. Hopefully, someone else might learn from my experience. In retrospect when I look back, I could have setup an email fwding in my dev account. About 5-6 months ago, they raised an compliance issue about an image on my game's page. It was sudden and out of nowhere. The image was about a fighting image. I was not sure what's wrong, but I still removed it. Shortly, they again raised a concern about some keywords. I removed those also. But, this time I was not around, so did not get an opportunity. I shared all of that in an appear to Google, but no effect :-(
benibela 5y ago
These examples make me wonder if I should remove "Free" from my app title But I did not put it there because of the price, but to announce it as open-source
- mandeepj 5y ago
  Can you replace ‘free’ with ‘open source’?