3 ms·

From the Reddit thread by a user named isharing: "I had got the same stalkerware policy. The problem was not the app itself but the description. In my case 'fr

From the Reddit thread by a user named isharing: "I had got the same stalkerware policy. The problem was not the app itself but the description. In my case 'friend' and 'monitor' keyword can’t be used together." "If your app description includes 'monitor' or 'track', don’t include any person related keywords such as 'friend', 'people', 'human'. If not, google considers your app can monitor the somebody’s activity."*

sschueller 3y ago
Why would they cancel your entire account for something like that? I was once rejected for a typo but at least I could fix it and my update went through. Banned someone out right after 12 years is absolutely insane and anyone withe an account that old should at least have a human look at it.
- rakoo 3y ago
  Because for one banned app dozens with the same functionality will replace it. Google still earns money, the banning process is extremely cheap to put in place since it doesn't involve humans, all is fine. A few false positives won't hurt profits... Unless backlash becomes too big
apricot 3y ago
At first I asked myself: "Why would Google do something so idiotic?" But then I remembered: they don't care.
kramerger 3y ago
This kind of crap is exactly why we are getting the EU AI Act. A badly written AI(-ish) should not be able to screw your life this way.
rurp 3y ago
If this ends up being the cause, that is absolutely absurd and would make me embarrassed to work for Google. I wonder how many incredible apps will never be built because of how terrible the environment is. For me personally, I will never invest any of my time building software that has to go through anything like the current Apple or Google process, where you can be banned at any point for any reason, even no reason at all, with no recourse. I would bet that plenty of others feel the same and just nope out of developing smartphone apps.
dvngnt_ 3y ago
so the STALKER games will never be on Google?

sschueller 3y ago

Why would they cancel your entire account for something like that? I was once rejected for a typo but at least I could fix it and my update went through. Banned someone out right after 12 years is absolutely insane and anyone withe an account that old should at least have a human look at it.

rakoo 3y ago
Because for one banned app dozens with the same functionality will replace it. Google still earns money, the banning process is extremely cheap to put in place since it doesn't involve humans, all is fine. A few false positives won't hurt profits... Unless backlash becomes too big

apricot 3y ago

At first I asked myself: "Why would Google do something so idiotic?" But then I remembered: they don't care.

kramerger 3y ago

This kind of crap is exactly why we are getting the EU AI Act. A badly written AI(-ish) should not be able to screw your life this way.

rurp 3y ago

If this ends up being the cause, that is absolutely absurd and would make me embarrassed to work for Google. I wonder how many incredible apps will never be built because of how terrible the environment is. For me personally, I will never invest any of my time building software that has to go through anything like the current Apple or Google process, where you can be banned at any point for any reason, even no reason at all, with no recourse. I would bet that plenty of others feel the same and just nope out of developing smartphone apps.

dvngnt_ 3y ago

so the STALKER games will never be on Google?