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Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 1 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.332s | source
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lord_erasmus ◴[18 May 20 08:37 UTC] No.23219890[source]▶
In most of these stories featuring Google abusing their power to remove apps, it's usually a matter of some automated tool gone wrong and the problem is solved a couple of days later. But this time it's different, they are actually asking developers to censor themselves if they are not affiliated with a gov.
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imron ◴[18 May 20 10:27 UTC] No.23220611[source]▶
> and the problem is solved a couple of days later.

If the developer is lucky enough to hit the front page of HN.

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Spivak ◴[18 May 20 15:25 UTC] No.23223518[source]▶
This isn't as weird as it seems in this new weird world. The "most official" support channel for Spotify is their Twitter handle while their email form is the secondary option.

Letting internet outrage drive the support queue is oddly pragmatic.

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1. X6S1x6Okd1st ◴[18 May 20 16:57 UTC] No.23225002[source]▶
It's not pragmatic, its just the bare minimum. It turns out that if you want good support you have to scale your support to the number of users.