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Fuck Android Developer Verification Program

335 points · 139 comments · 0xcrypto

  1. est · · focus · HN ↗
    The question is: does Android Developer Verification Program actually help improving the .apk app store experience?

    Probably not. Google is notoriously bad at customer support (for both devs and consumers)

    1. vrganj · · focus · HN ↗
      It helps centralize control over what was advertised to be an open OS.

      Wait, what was the question again?

    2. monksy · · focus · HN ↗
      They also love keeping malware apps on the play store as well. I tried reporting an app that took over one of my parents phone. It stayed up for quite a while. I'm sure it's still up.
    3. watwut · · focus · HN ↗
      "App store experience" was continually degrading. I used to be able to find small apps and games I liked a lot and basically binge downloading. The last few times I tried, I ended up with nothing useable.
    4. wg0 · · focus · HN ↗
      Euqally - there should be a way to recover your account.
    5. jjav · · focus · HN ↗
      > Google is notoriously bad at customer support

      Had to LOL at that understatement. Google invented the ultra-aggressively non-existent customer support model.

      1. zb3 · · focus · HN ↗
        But now we have Gemini 4 Argon, and you know, agents (they boast it's so good at that stuff), so customer support should improve soon, RIGHT??
        1. ahartmetz · · focus · HN ↗
          Imagine an LLM trained on Google customer "service"...
          1. jjav · · focus · HN ↗
            Would be the cheapest LLM to train, it simply would not respond to anything, ever.
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