Google has started cracking down on low-quality apps.
  • duckythescientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    8 hours ago

    Google removed my app because I wasn’t updating it regularly enough. I WASN’T UPDATING IT BECAUSE IT WAS FINISHED AND IT DID EVERYTHING I WANTED IT TO DO!

  • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    27·
    13 hours ago

    The Google Play Store shed 1.8 million apps since the beginning of last year, according to an analysis from Appfigures and reported earlier by TechCrunch.

    In recent years, Google has ramped up efforts to crack down on spammy and low-quality apps. In 2023, the company started carrying out more thorough app reviews and began requiring developers to test their apps with at least 20 people for two weeks. It began purging apps with “limited functionality and content” last year, and announced in January that it blocked 2.36 million policy-violating apps from being published to the Play Store.

    “shed” was definitely a better choice

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      9 hours ago

      1. About fucking time.

      2. RIP Tasker.

      João, Tasker’s dev, already gets hit with enough random shit from Google because of how many permissions, accessibility items, and other things that Tasker requests.

      I’ve been subscribed to his Patreon for several years, and if you’re a paying member, one of your perks is that João offers a free (yeah I know, “free”) APK download not tied to Google Play services, with permanent licenses. A few months ago, I finally just said “fuck google in the ass for this”, uninstalled the Play Store version from my phone, and got my Patreon Tasker APK.

      Also I just checked and apparently I have 53 licenses available…