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So, the relevant bit from the Play Store policy documents is probably: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9898842 https://support.go

by jsnell 5y ago

So, the relevant bit from the Play Store policy documents is probably: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9898842 https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... That policy seems very reasonable. Is the policy being misapplied here? Hard to say, since it's describing the spirit of the rules rather than an exhaustive list of specific violations. It doesn't seem that anything in the title would be misleading. But the original title is kind of irrelevant; whether the app is libre or not has no bearing on its functionality.

xeromal 5y ago
Yeah, once I caught gist of what was bothering them, I would've just nuked Libre from the title and all translations. Just call it the Card Wallet and be done with it.
- sdoering 5y ago
  This would be practical - but what about companies like "Free Now" that are (at least currently) seemingly allowed to keep operating under that name in the Play store. Why delete something from the name that is actually transporting information for the user just because Google arbitrarily decides that for this rue the mistranslation comprises a rule break while other apps (with probably bigger marketing spend on Google) are allowed to keep "Free" in the name. Imho is not the rules per se. It is the mistranslation and also the arbitrary enforcement that reminds me personally of stories by Kafka (the author, not the tech).
  - xeromal 5y ago
    If your livelihood is tied to an app in the store being published, you gotta play ball. If you can survive with or without the app being published, then I'd definitely take a crack at trying to explain to Google what their problem is.