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by topherPedersen 619 days ago
Love this, but Apple's the big offender not Google. Google's already pretty open, and they approve most apps. It's not hard to get your app on the Play Store, it's Apple and the App Store that make publishing your apps a nightmare.

Hope to see things start opening up though. Very happy for Epic and developers everywhere.
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postsantum 619 days ago
No, it's the opposite. Apple has reasonable process with human support

Google Play is full of trip wires, you trigger one and your account is gone, your career of independent developer is over

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benoau 618 days ago
I think the concept of lifetime bans from big tech platforms needs to be reevaluated, but there is not much difference between Google's "trip wires" and Apple's "red lines": your app is not allowed to exist either way.

Patreon faces an existential crisis right now: use in-app purchases or the app will be removed. Game streaming wasn't banned right up until it was. No amount of support has helped with these red lines - not even the committee they allegedly created for developers to challenge the rules. Their support has only helped in the absurd cases, like demanding WordPress implement IAPs or rejecting dictionaries for containing swear words.

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rendall 619 days ago
"Why my apps will soon disappear from Google Play Store" was on the front page of HN a day or so ago. Enlightening.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41727933

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