My 12 year old dev account darken
was just terminated.
I was having a pretty good week until now :(.
I didn't think I would make such a post one day but here it is:
At 21:44 i got two mails saying my apps "SD Maid 1" and "SD Maid 2" have been suspended and removed for violating:
"Stalkerware policy".
16 minutes later at 22:00 they nuked my whole account:
Reason for termination: We have identified a pattern of high risk or abuse associated with your Developer Account and are taking this action pursuant to Section 8.3/10.3 of Google Play’s Developer Distribution Agreement.
I'm at a loss here why. I obviously don't stalk anyone, and the app has no functionality that supports stalking in any way. Both apps "in short" free storage space.
SD Maid 1 has millions of users and been in the Google Play store for over a decade. There was no major change. Yesterday I bumped the target SDK to 33, but that's about it.
For those who don't know the app,
SD Maid 2 is a rewrite of the same app because I couldn't keep the spaghetti code in check that is needed to handle the different storage access patterns (SAF) etc.
AI mistake? Crackdown on "cleaner apps"?
There's another dev here who was hit at the same time just now:
If Google suddenly changes their policy and disallows some types apps, then they can do so, but why end my indie dev career?
I'd love to talk to someone at Google, because I don't understand it. But no matter how much money you made Google or millions of users you have, I don't have any way to talk to someone.
I fear that you only get once chance to appeal and I'm not even sure what to appeal. I don't think the "your AI got it wrong route" is effective.
Talk to me my fellow devs, I'm pretty upset :(.
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