I thought the $25 fee that Google charges for the Android Market discouraged spammy apps.
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > Trying to move this thread over to [android-discuss]... > > Rob Franz wrote: > > I have really had enough of wading through the crap $5 applications > > that this guy is putting out. If you don't know who he is, Google his > > name and you'll see multiple articles on what he's done... > > > > Google, can you please realize that this guy is *still* spamming the > > Market with his terrible $5 apps, and making it more difficult for the > > other devs to push their apps? > > > > At some point he was pulled from the Market - I don't know the > > circumstances, but there was a time where we didn't see any of his > > apps. I would like to return to that time. > > > > I know he was banned from Apple's store (he put out something like 900 > > apps - all approved somehow, and of the same terrible quality). Can't > > we get this done here? I am confident that I speak for more than a > > few devs here. > > The reason he was pulled from the iPhone App Store is not due to > quantity of apps, but because his apps violated the terms of the App Store: > > > http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/03/apple-bans-app-stores-3rd-most-prolific-developer/ > > (in particular, see the "Notice of Termination" email he was sent by Apple) > > At some point, he may cross the threshold for "create a spammy user > experience, whether by posting repetitive content or misleading > information about an application's purpose" (from > http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html). > > However, if you can amass evidence on other fronts, such as copyright > violations, that may help expedite changes. For example, I rather doubt > he licensed the photos in his "SexyLadies" apps, but we'd need proof > (e.g., identify the source of one of those images). > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android 1.5 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html > > > > -- Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME - The Original Market for Android) http://twitter.com/sisbell http://twitter.com/slideme --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
