On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:35 PM, BOYD SPEER <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there no contact at Google where one may appeal such a ban? or is there > any other way to be heard if such a disaster befalls a developer?
>From everything I've seen here and on the Android Market "Support" Forum the answer is a giant NO. Apparently anyone over on the Market can ban any app for any reason, which they of course do not explain, and then leave you with no instructions or explanation of how to get you app back in good standing and re-published. >From the many, many posts I've seen on the same topic (just search "app banned" on the support forum), any attempt to get a clear answer on what terms were violated or what needs to be done to get the app re-published are met with useless, automatic replies that are non-answers. No actual human being from Google's end will respond to your inquiries or help you resolve the issue. One can only imagine how frustrating this is for legitimate developers - you spend time, money, and energy building an app and supporting the platform and end up getting hit with this bullshit. But, as we all know, no one on the Android Market team gives a damn about developers, so expecting to get help from any one of these numb-nuts is a fantasy. OP: Sadly, your best bet is to probably just re-upload the app as a new package, even though you run the risk of going through this all over again. At least it's the free version so you don't have through go through the nightmare of moving over paid users to a new app. Good luck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
