On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 10:38:51 AM UTC-7, John Coryat wrote: > > So and new policy has been released. The tone is decidedly aggressive. I > feel like a child being scolded by the "bad" teacher.
I'm seeing a lot of things on there that current, popular apps are doing - that I am surprised weren't illegal. Maybe they were, and they are just making it plain. "offering incentives to users to rate an application with higher or lower ratings. " That's happening. Games offer gems ( which people pay for) for rating them with a five star rating. Is there any doubt among developers of which ad network(s) Google WANTS us to use? Just stating the obvious. > Mostly, it seems reasonable and understandable. I'm concerned about the > topic of advertising. It seems that the policy puts the onus on the > developer for the ads and behavior of the various ad networks. > If the behavior is reasonably testable by a developer, that's reasonable. But the content? Sure, i can pick an ad network that has those same guidelines, but I'm going to get pulled if they fail to enforce it even one time? Based on some vague tech support emails, my users seem to think I can see their screen all the time, but if I could, I'd be in violation of several of the privacy policies. It would seem more efficient to go directly after those networks and their > SDK's instead of punishing the developer who won't have much data on the > types of ads nor the hidden functions of a malicious SDK. > > I'm inclined to agree. Sure, going after developers hurts their revenue stream, but it would take 1000s of developers off the Market in the process before it even hurt them. "Do not post an app where the primary functionality is to: Drive affiliate traffic to a website" There goes an entire revenue model that, though I haven't used it, I would previously consider to be smart and reasonable. So, are all the hotel finder apps going to get pulled at the end of this month? > On the positive side, will this be the end of Airpush? One could only hope. > > I don't see anything in there that does. "Ads must not simulate or impersonate system notifications or warnings." The average user could not tell the difference between an app's notifications and the system notifications anyway, but that distinction is there. I don't know much more about AirPush's behavior or content though, so maybe. I don't make any money through ads now, but the uncertainty makes me hesitant to start. It could take months to a year for people to figure out the ad networks that will get a developer banned. It will take months for the ad networks to wise up and months for us developers to know whether they have truly reformed. Or maybe . . You all already know which ad networks are going to get us banned. Go ahead and post in this thread. Do name names. Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/ceu0prwWdNMJ. 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.
