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_fat_santa ◴[] No.41896183[source]
Looking at the underlying thread[1], the author mentions that it's very hard to publish on Google Play

> Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible

Can someone expand on what's going on here?

[1]: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...

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binkHN ◴[] No.41896256[source]
While I don't know about this developer's specific issues, I can comment on my own issues with Google Play as an Android developer. Google Play continues to become more and more stringent with app permissions and the approval of these permissions is very vague. With my own app, from one minor release the next, one day I'll receive approval for my app's permissions and the next week I will not even though only minor changes to the app have been made. When I reach out to Google Play support, the answers are always extremely vague, canned and repetitive and I never know if an update to my app will get approval or not. It's a horrible way to develop anything.
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lawgimenez ◴[] No.41896338[source]
The most annoying requirement is their Play Store delete account url. We have an API where we can delete the user’s account. But no, Google wanted a stupid url.
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macintux ◴[] No.41896649[source]
Is that so that users who no longer have/want to use the app can still delete their account?
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1. lawgimenez ◴[] No.41900294[source]
Yes we have a delete account option in our settings screen. But Google asking for url webpage for this scenario is just unnecessary.

Apple accepted it with no questions.