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>>joseph+(OP)
google seem to have the multi-pronged attack on android devs going on atm. They are seemingly trying to take down as many apps and dev accounts as possible.. Anyone know why?

1. doxx yourself of they kill your account

2. re-build every app with pointless newer api version literally every year or it gets taken down.

3. Push an update or a new app or they kill your account.

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My guess is enshittification, some random exec is trying to save a few pennies in server and storage costs.

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I'd also say that google makes so much money from ads and data-brokering that everything else they do is not vital for their survival and thus undergoes a sort of "genetic drift" where they just make random decisions.

>>everyo+x5
Google cut off their own revenue legs with AI suggestions instead of ads.

Thats okay, they jumped the shark when the imperative for ads took over.