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So, malware apps are "high-quality" and takes more effort to develop, so they still can be downloaded from Play Store? Until news about malicious apps removed f
by butz 2y ago
So, malware apps are "high-quality" and takes more effort to develop, so they still can be downloaded from Play Store? Until news about malicious apps removed from Play Store keeps appearing, I am assuming Google is not doing everything they can.
It is silly how many hoops single hobbyist developer has to jump through just to keep their app on the Play Store. Want to provide transit timetables app with publicly available GTFS data? You need to keep proving to Google after each update that you do not represent government and are not affiliated. And they keep asking for privacy policy even in rare case your app actually do not collect any user data and actually works fully offline.
And to make matters worse, there is no easy way to close developer account and just leave Play Store for good.