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This is the correct answer to the situation.

pdonis 5y ago
It might seem like a "correct" answer, but it's not, because it won't accomplish anything. Google has orders of magnitude more money and resources to fight a lawsuit than any individual plaintiff does. This particular plaintiff is not the first, or even the thousandth, to have this problem and find that it's not fixable. The only really correct answer to the root problem here is for developers to stop using Google Play as a distribution channel. There is more than enough data out there by now to make it crystal clear that everyone who does that is doing so at the mercy of Google's whim. No sane person should be trying to build an actual business that will provide income they and their families depend on on such a shaky foundation.
- TomSwirly 5y ago
  > The only really correct answer to the root problem here is for developers to stop using Google Play as a distribution channel. But Google has deliberately made it essentially impossible to do this. 1. The user needs to discover that other app ecosystems even exist. 2. They will then need to jailbreak their phone. 3. This voids their warranty. That eliminates 99+% of your customer base off the top. And of course Google could and likely would refuse advertisements for these alternative app ecosystems.
  - pdonis 5y ago
    > Google has deliberately made it essentially impossible to do this. No, users have made it essentially impossible to do this. In other words: the majority of users don't care about the problems of developers. They just want apps without having to think about where they come from, and the simplest way to do that is to use Google Play if they have an Android phone. That's not a Google problem. That's a user problem. If it's indeed a problem. And the way for developers to fix it, if it needs to be fixed, is to not give users apps if users insist on only using Google Play. Make it so users have to go elsewhere to get apps at all, because developers refuse to "play" on Google Play, so there aren't any apps there. Then users will be on the same side as developers, and there are a lot more users.

It might seem like a "correct" answer, but it's not, because it won't accomplish anything. Google has orders of magnitude more money and resources to fight a lawsuit than any individual plaintiff does. This particular plaintiff is not the first, or even the thousandth, to have this problem and find that it's not fixable. The only really correct answer to the root problem here is for developers to stop using Google Play as a distribution channel. There is more than enough data out there by now to make it crystal clear that everyone who does that is doing so at the mercy of Google's whim. No sane person should be trying to build an actual business that will provide income they and their families depend on on such a shaky foundation.

TomSwirly 5y ago
> The only really correct answer to the root problem here is for developers to stop using Google Play as a distribution channel. But Google has deliberately made it essentially impossible to do this. 1. The user needs to discover that other app ecosystems even exist. 2. They will then need to jailbreak their phone. 3. This voids their warranty. That eliminates 99+% of your customer base off the top. And of course Google could and likely would refuse advertisements for these alternative app ecosystems.
- pdonis 5y ago
  > Google has deliberately made it essentially impossible to do this. No, users have made it essentially impossible to do this. In other words: the majority of users don't care about the problems of developers. They just want apps without having to think about where they come from, and the simplest way to do that is to use Google Play if they have an Android phone. That's not a Google problem. That's a user problem. If it's indeed a problem. And the way for developers to fix it, if it needs to be fixed, is to not give users apps if users insist on only using Google Play. Make it so users have to go elsewhere to get apps at all, because developers refuse to "play" on Google Play, so there aren't any apps there. Then users will be on the same side as developers, and there are a lot more users.