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I’m not saying it’s the author’s fault, but their metadata has many “yellow” flags… it looks like a copycat of a popular flash game, the author’s name is atypic

I’m not saying it’s the author’s fault, but their metadata has many “yellow” flags… it looks like a copycat of a popular flash game, the author’s name is atypical, and they admitted to already have 2 strikes on Google Play Console. None of this is their fault, and it’s certainly a false positive. I know they’ve put in hundreds of hours of sweat on the code, but perhaps they could turn their focus to registering a corporation, getting trademark for “anti-idle”, and linking the DUNS to their app store accounts.

waitforit 2y ago
> it looks like a copycat of a popular flash game, the author’s name is atypical That popular flash game is the game of this author. > I am Tukkun, an indie game developer making games since 2008. My most significant work is a PC Flash game I made back in 2009 called Anti-Idle: The Game, uploaded to the website Kongregate.
piva00 2y ago
Or Google could use some of the US$ 50b of profit in a quarter to have better systems and human support for this kind of automated bullshit. How many more hoops will people have to jump through because a company holding a very significant share of the market refuses to provide a basic level of support to people, people that are helping to enrich Google's own ecosystem by developing apps for their platform?
- hindsightbias 2y ago
  > Alphabet net income for the quarter ending June 30, 2024 was $23.619B, a 28.59% increase year-over-year. Seems like they have a winning strategy. You get what you pay for.
- warkdarrior 2y ago
  As a Google shareholder, why should my company waste money on support?
  - piva00 2y ago
    Because if it doesn't at some point the regulation hammer will come down on it, do you prefer your company to decide for itself how to approach customer support or do you prefer legislators to dictate how it should behave? That's the risk it takes, without support it will build up many similar cases to this one, until at some point the levee breaks and some legislator wanting to champion this issue as a cause will come for it. Or you can be short-sighted and see it as a waste, it's your choice. Notwithstanding the morality of it, of course, but since you are speaking financially I think we both know you don't care about that angle.
janice1999 2y ago
> I’m not saying it’s the author’s fault >the author’s name is atypical I would like to know what you consider a "typical" name for the 2+ billion Android users.
seba_dos1 2y ago
> perhaps they could turn their focus to registering a corporation, getting trademark for “anti-idle”, and linking the DUNS to their app store accounts Sorry, I have an honest question as it's not marked and I can't quite figure it out - is this sarcasm?

waitforit 2y ago

> it looks like a copycat of a popular flash game, the author’s name is atypical That popular flash game is the game of this author. > I am Tukkun, an indie game developer making games since 2008. My most significant work is a PC Flash game I made back in 2009 called Anti-Idle: The Game, uploaded to the website Kongregate.

piva00 2y ago

Or Google could use some of the US$ 50b of profit in a quarter to have better systems and human support for this kind of automated bullshit. How many more hoops will people have to jump through because a company holding a very significant share of the market refuses to provide a basic level of support to people, people that are helping to enrich Google's own ecosystem by developing apps for their platform?

hindsightbias 2y ago
> Alphabet net income for the quarter ending June 30, 2024 was $23.619B, a 28.59% increase year-over-year. Seems like they have a winning strategy. You get what you pay for.
warkdarrior 2y ago
As a Google shareholder, why should my company waste money on support?
- piva00 2y ago
  Because if it doesn't at some point the regulation hammer will come down on it, do you prefer your company to decide for itself how to approach customer support or do you prefer legislators to dictate how it should behave? That's the risk it takes, without support it will build up many similar cases to this one, until at some point the levee breaks and some legislator wanting to champion this issue as a cause will come for it. Or you can be short-sighted and see it as a waste, it's your choice. Notwithstanding the morality of it, of course, but since you are speaking financially I think we both know you don't care about that angle.

janice1999 2y ago

> I’m not saying it’s the author’s fault >the author’s name is atypical I would like to know what you consider a "typical" name for the 2+ billion Android users.

seba_dos1 2y ago

> perhaps they could turn their focus to registering a corporation, getting trademark for “anti-idle”, and linking the DUNS to their app store accounts Sorry, I have an honest question as it's not marked and I can't quite figure it out - is this sarcasm?