For 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

For 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.