Once you have resolved any existing violations, you may republish the app(s) at will. This notification also serves as notice for remaining, unsuspended violations in your catalog, and you may avoid further app suspensions by immediately unpublishing any apps in violation of (but not limited to) the above policy.
If your developer account is still in good standing, (and the nature of your app allows for it), you may revise and upload a policy compliant version of this application as a new package name. This particular app has been disabled as a policy strike. This violates the provision of your agreement with Google referred to above. REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement.Īfter a regular review we have determined that your app interferes with or accesses another service or product in an unauthorized manner. To: is a notification that your application, Disconnect Mobile, with package ID me.disconnect.mobile, has been removed from the Google Play Store. The startup’s cofounder, Casey Oppenheim, sent Business Insider a copy of the email: But we are 100% opposed to advertising that invisibly tracks people and compromises their security.” … The fact is, we are not opposed to advertising and think advertising plays a critical role in the Internet economy. “Disconnect focuses on protecting people from invisible tracking and sources of malware, and all too often these threats come in the form of advertising.
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Google, which gives Android away for free and relies on advertising for the bulk of its income, has famously removed other ad-blocking apps from its app store.īut Oppenheim says his app is not a classic ad blocker and was carefully constructed not to violate any of Google’s rules.
Google doesn’t allow any app in its store that “interferes with” other apps.Ĭofounder Casey Oppenheim thinks Google categorized the app as an ad blocker and that’s why it was banned. Google sent Disconnect an email telling the startup that the app violated a rule. The startup makes a similar app for iOS and a popular desktop version used by 2 million people. In the five days it was available in Google’s store, it was downloaded more than 5,000 times, reports the Wall Street Journal, which broke the news on the banned app. Currently there is no whitelist function in the app.Disconnect Mobile is a privacy tool that stops other apps from collecting data on users. Just saw this on one of the play store reviews. You'll need to use Google translate as it's in Russian.ĮDIT 2: Apparently this suffers from the same Google Play Music bug as Disconnect did. Here's a blog post by the developer explaining how it works. It's just bare bones, but it works.ĮDIT: No you don't need root, yes it blocks ads system wide, and it only works on Samsung Phones. There are no counters to show how many ads were blocked or what exactly it's blocking. Not sure if it blocks the same amount of ads & trackers Disconnect does, but it uses the Adaway lists which are pretty good. I've tested both over the last few days and it works just as well. It seems to do the same thing as Disconnect Pro. Somebody recommended this app to me in a recent thread where I asked about apps that use Knox:
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