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1. basisword · 1789561567 · focus · HN ↗

   For all the complaining about Apple's store, the Play Store has always been worse imo. You can't even release an app without first doing a beta test with at least a dozen people.

   1. joshstrange · 1789563531 · focus · HN ↗

      > You can't even release an app without first doing a beta test with at least a dozen people.

      Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you are saying here but less than a month ago I released a brand new app with no beta period, direct to production (white labeled app, which is why I didn't need a beta)

      1. brewtide · 1789567458 · focus · HN ↗

         I'm just working on my first app (thanks to AI...) and if you have a new dev account created sometime after 2023 they are making you do a 12 person, 14 day beta run before anything else occurs, apparently.

         1. joshcartme · 1789588758 · focus · HN ↗

            It gets worse! If Google decides the people in your test don't engage enough and/or you didn't respond to their feedback, they may not give you production access. I've got a game that's available on iOS, I released there first and did lots of testing to deal with the low-hanging bugs. After doing the 14 day test Google emailed me:

            Possible reasons why your production access could not be granted include:

                - Testers were not engaged with your app during your closed test
                - You didn't follow testing best practices, which may include gathering and acting on user feedback through updates to your app

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