[DrJaws]

They could also tell what was wrong to the customers.

Also, I laugh about the google promise of being more open. Every single time they screw it and goes viral, they promise the same until 6 months later when another business is screwed again.

Call it having your mail shut down, your cloud, app deleted on the play store, the extension on chrome, etc etc.

We've already heard that story dozens of times.

[theandrewbailey]

A Google reviewer can select one of three canned responses to tell a developer what's wrong.

https://www.blog.google/products/gmail/save-time-with-smart-...

Oh, you wanted an artisanal hand-crafted response unique to each individual situation? That's not scalable!

[userbinator]

I abhor such... dehumanising (for lack of better term) "features" whose advertised benefit is saving time, but has a subtle effect of gradually delegating decisionmaking to someone or something else --- whose goals may not be in your best interests.

Every time you "didn't have to think" is a time when someone else did the thinking for you. Take that too far and there is no you left in your life.

[antonvs]

You linked to a blog about an optional feature of Gmail which all Gmail users see. What does that have to do with how reviewers can respond?