Google’s Play Store lost nearly half its apps
Google’s Play Store lost nearly half its apps
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Google’s Play Store lost nearly half its apps
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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!
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And they were going to murder my dev account I had already paid for unless I show them multiple forms of government ID and let them doxx me on the app's store page. This is great!
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Did it still function on modern android versions?
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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
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- About fucking time.
- 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...
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Tasker shows in the play store for me still, or is that because I have it installed..?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en-US
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