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Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Now Just 6 Weeks Away
(www.forbes.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2024
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They couldn't define it any broader couldn't they?
Pretty sure useful apps will be deleted too. What does even "engaging" mean?
I hope someone will try to make an archive, e.g. the ArchiveTeam.
It's a generic term they can use to justify removal of any app they don't like, which I'm sure is what this is really about
I guess the log of "apps we want to kill but can't justify it in a way that courts would find more acceptable" got too large.
Those apps would be free software anyway. F-droid is the way
Yes doubt
They kind of just described nearly all of their own apps [as unfit for the Play Store]...
Lol, Play doesn't have standards.
That's why it's disabled.
So any apps that follow the Unix philosophy (even without subscribing to it intentionally) are getting axed. Do something well and don't try to bake in a million other things into your program.
Great! They totally don't want only apps that spy on you, are filled with bloatware and junk, and serve ads upon ads.