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Google, Apple rejecting flappy-branded games
- blueskin_ 13y agoWell, at least on Android you can just install the apk.
- jjsz 13y agoThere's also: http://uralozden.com/flappy/ http://uralozden.com/flappy/
- gress 13y agoOf what?
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoof any app. You can still find the actual Flappy Bird apk out there. And any app rejected from the Google Play Store can still be provided via other channels. This is one of the nice things about Android letting you side load apps.
- gress 13y agoSo you're suggesting people go in search of flappy bird clones outside the play store to install on their devices? What could possibly go wrong?
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoNo. That is not what I am suggesting. I am stating two facts and offering one opinion about one feature of Android.
- gress 13y agoThe context is people wanting to download flappy bird clones and you offered those as advantages of android, therefore you are indeed suggesting that.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoThe parent to your comment suggested installing an apk. And you asked "[Install an apk] of what?". And I answered. I didn't suggest you do it. But the fact that you can side load is an advantage of Android. Are we clear now?
- gress 13y agoYes. You're trying to pretend that your comment had no context, when it did.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoWell, you're trying to pretend I made a suggestion, when I didn't. I think I'm done dealing with you so... good day.
- gress 13y agoOk - let's say you made no suggestion - just pointed out an 'advantage'. In this case, it is a severe disadvantage, because it exposes unsophisticated users to malware and spam just so that they can install clones of a bad game they've heard about because of a media flap.
- blueskin_ 13y ago
- benologist 13y agoJust a summary of http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/15/apple-google-begin-rejecting-games-with-flappy-in-the-title/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/15/apple-google-begin-rejectin...
- yawz 13y agoThis God-like behaviour makes me cringe. This type of bans and restrictions exist as a result of poorly managed and/or poorly designed system. Ideally any moderation should be part of the ecosystem and the decision making should belong to the users. If they want more flappy things who are you to say "No! You can't!"? Edited to add: Their control should be exercised over precise things like "user interface guidelines" or "use of private vs public APIs", not the type of app or the name of the app. The app stores contain gazillions of ToDo apps. Just because there a few successful ones should we say "No" to ToDo apps?
- castis 13y agoYou may want to re-evaluate your definition of 'god complex'. They're trying to stop a million 'Flappy*' apps from flooding the market. Maybe the ecosystem should stop trying to profit from someone else's work.
- yawz 13y ago> They're trying to stop a million 'Flappy' apps from flooding the market.* So what? If you don't like them, don't play. Most of them will never get to 50 downloads anyway. This is natural selection. > Maybe the ecosystem should stop trying to profit from someone else's work. Are you sure Flappy Bird was the first of its kind?!?!?
- eropple 13y agoApple and Google shouldn't want a bunch of crap that won't get fifty downloads on their stores.
- TelmoMenezes 13y agoI wonder how Google's search engine deals with all the crap sites that get less than fifty page views a year...
- eropple 13y ago
- joesmo 13y agoThis is one time I do agree with the app store censors decision. Still, I do not agree with the censors' decisions and mere existence just because they're removing garbage. If people want Flappy *, why not let them have it?
- gress 13y agoBecause they don't want flappy*. They want the Flappy Bird they've heard of but that isn't available anymore and opportunists are trying to take advantage of that.
- weixiyen 13y agoThat's incorrect. They are downloading games that are clearly not Flappy Bird and driving those games up the charts. They want that specific mechanic or a variation of it.
- gress 13y agoThe idea that people understand the mechanic and are seeking it out seems extremely unlikely compared to the idea that they are just following the hype around flappy bird.
- sarreph 13y agoNooooooooo... But I promise that mine was going to be the best!
- 10feet 13y agoDid not realise that Google banned any apps.
- habosa 13y agoFor Apple this isn't really new, they reject apps all the time and certainly many with more merit than Flappy Bird clones. For Google, however, this is new and it frightens me. One of the biggest benefits of being an Android developer is being able to release whatever you want, whenever you want to. Apps go live within an hour and without being reviewed, you can release an app that doesn't work at all. I do think that Google should remove apps that blatantly break the law or are defrauding users of money (like an app called Dropbox by a fake company that costs $0.99) but simple game clones should be left to preserve the wonderful openness of Google Play.