fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSD Maid terminated from Play Store due to 'Stalkerware policy'www.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10cross-posted to: tecnologia@feddit.cl
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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 year agoSo 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
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