Google is at it again, suspends popular app Reddit Sync for “impersonation”
It was less than a week ago when we wrote about Google’s absurd developer policies and cryptic automated messages. Long story short: developers never know when their app might get suspended, and when it happens there is very little explanation. Now it has happened again to a very popular Reddit app, and this isn’t even the first time.
The developer of Reddit Sync received one of the dreaded automated emails to notify him that the app has been suspended. The reason for the suspension is impersonating “another popular product without permission.” Here’s the kicker: Google did this exact thing to Reddit Sync two years ago.
This is a problem that keeps occurring. Reddit Sync has been around for a very long time, and even resolved this issue once before. If Reddit is asking for the name to be changed that needs to be explained in the email, and if Reddit isn’t asking for that then why is Google intervening? It’s time for Google do fix this.
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[via Reddit]