Google to purge low-quality apps from the Play Store with new policy starting next month

https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/7/google-to-purge-low-quality-apps-from-the-play-store-with-new-policy-starting-next-month/

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pelletbucket@lemm.ee · 38 pts · 2y (3 replies)

can't they start with the motherfuckers who give fake email addresses for support?

chameleon@fedia.io · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Eh. I've been on the receiving end of one of those inboxes and the spam is absolutely, utterly unbearable. Coming up with a better system than a publicly listed email address is on Google at this point, because there is no reasonable way to provide support when you need a spam filter tuned up to such a level that all legitimate mail also ends up in spam.

pelletbucket@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y

then you put a feedback system inside your app that you actually respond to.

Starbuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

That would be great. Just a bit that sends an email from a different innocuous sounding Gmail every month with a generic problem like “app crashes on ” to see if there is a response. If you miss 3 in a row, you’re out

Artyom@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 2y

Inb4 apps like NewPipe and Signal are arbitrarily categorized as "low quality" without any sort of opportunity to challenge the ruling.