Please make sure to use the Market Forum to reach the adequate target: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market
R/ On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:21 AM, shapey <[email protected]> wrote: > > this guy has posted over 200 apps to the market - it's increasingly > tedious having to wade through pages of "sexy lady" apps when browsing > the market. > it really is making the market a very unpleasant experience... > > > On Sep 13, 7:39 pm, 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 $5apps, and making it more difficult for the >> > other devs to push theirapps? >> >> > 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 ofapps, but because hisappsviolated the terms of the App Store: >> >> http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/03/apple-bans-app-stores-3rd-most... >> >> (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" >> (fromhttp://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 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
