Samsung had just told everyone that it would be using ad blocking in its mobile browser, and what felt like minutes later, Google had already pulled it from the Play Store.
However, what did they really expect was going to happen? Google is the world’s largest advertising company who just happen to do other things too. Of course they were going to stop at nothing to stop this from happening.
Adblock Fast was the app that was going to partner with Samsung to bring ad blocking to their mobile browsers, but was pulled soon after. It had already skyrocketed to the top of the charts with over 50,000 downloads.
Google sent this letter to Brian Kennish, developer at Rocketship Apps, who make Adblock Fast:
Hi Developers at Rocketship Apps,
I reviewed Adblock Fast, com.rocketshipapps.adblockfast, and found that it violates section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement. This particular app has been disabled as a policy strike.
Just as a reminder, you’ve agreed to follow the Google Play Developer Program Policies and additional enforcement could occur if there are further policy issues with your apps.
If you’ve reviewed the policies and feel this rejection may have been in error, please reach out to our policy support team. One of my colleagues will get back to you within 2 business days.
I appreciate your support of Google Play!
Best,
[Redacted]
Google Play Review Team
Google says it violates section 4.4, which doesn’t allow apps to interfere with other installed apps. However, it didn’t technically violate it because Samsung was agreeing to let it “interfere” and it was using an official Samsung API. Whatever the reason, we all know the real truth behind the removal.
Source: Thenextweb
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