• SSUPII
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    602 years ago

    Doesn’t Google allow those terrible apps like Life365 that are literally candied spyware?

    • @fne8w2ahOP
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      372 years ago

      Sadly yes. Remember how it took donkey years for them to remove Clean Master?

      • SSUPII
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        302 years ago

        Still so mad the company behind it bought ES File Manager and run it to the ground.

        • @[email protected]
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          202 years ago

          There was this picture app that lot of people loved called quick pic that got sold to cheetah.

          Don’t like that such sketchy companies are allowed to operate on the play store.

  • Otter
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    442 years ago

    So TLDR: Google’s automated scan is broken, and removing legitimate apps and developer accounts with no clear recourse?

    I expect SD Maid to be back after the dev goes through some annoying process. Some of the other smaller false positives might not be as lucky.

    https://news.itsfoss.com/android-cleaner-sd-maid-2/

    Apparently the SD Maid developer has been building a new open source version from the ground up, so even if Google refuses, it’s not all lost

  • ImaginaryFox
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    102 years ago

    I hate that Google doesn’t even alert you through email if they delist an app you paid for and also remove it from being installable.

  • Philo
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    2 years ago

    SD Maid or SE Maid or the best android cleaner around dosent even connect to the internet.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    This one of the three or so apps I’ve actually purchased from the Play Store. They better not take it away!

  • dantheclamman
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    42 years ago

    Fortunately I use SD Maid 2, which is available on github or some alternative repositories. These days whenever there’s an option I try not to download via the Play Store. Too much drama

  • Anti Weeb Penguin
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    32 years ago

    I remember using the app on my Galaxy S Duos and Galaxy J5 2016, it was really cool if you had a low end phone…

  • @Deftdrummer
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    21 year ago

    Only Google is allowed to mine your information everyone knows that.