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I hope this happens in the US as well, Google has become a terrible partner for Android developers. This past week Google announced (1) that in order to releas
by clumsysmurf 3y ago
I hope this happens in the US as well, Google has become a terrible partner for Android developers.
This past week Google announced (1) that in order to release an app on Play:
"developers with newly created personal Play Console accounts will soon be required to test their apps with at least 20 people for a minimum of two weeks before applying for access to production."
This will be gamed (test farms), and the policy will not achieve any goal but making life difficult for small / indie developers.
(1) https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/ensuring-high-quality-apps-on-google-play.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/ensuring-h...
- amadeuspagel 3y agoAndroid at least has great support for web apps.
- flykespice 3y agoGoogle is really trying so hard to surpass Apple Store on being a worse experience for developers. It's almost as if Google forgot what makes Android so appealing as open platform to mobile developers compared to IOs locked platform.
- clumsysmurf 3y agoI honestly wonder what Andy Rubin thinks of what Android has become in the hands of Google ...
- chmod775 3y agoAFAIK you can use 3rd party stores on Android today and you pretty much always could.
- bugfix 3y agoHow would you even find 20 people willing to install and test your random app for at least two weeks? This requirement is insane.