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How Google killed my app with 150K installs and 2 years of work

4 pointsby WA9ACEover 5 years ago

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Someone1234over 5 years ago
Couple of things: The app itself, according to the author&#x27;s account of what it offers, is a glorified survey that shows the other person your survey results... Seems contrived and largely over-engineered, but who am I to judge?<p>But in a broader sense, why does Google even have a policy against sexual content? I am all for parental controls, age restrictions, and keeping the app&#x27;s screenshots family friendly but I don&#x27;t understand why you would create a market that would ban legal adult only content regardless of intended purpose (be it porn, surveys, couples experiences, or whatever).<p>If the argument is &quot;what about unlawful sexual content? How do you manage it?&quot; I could make that same argument about any shopping app. How does Google assure that every product Amazon seller, for example, is lawful, or every eBay auction?<p>I feel like rejecting apps that primary promote unlawful activities is fine and also likely legally required in many cases. But that&#x27;s a different topic than this one.