Google requires 20 testers for Android personal developer accounts

[srodrigo]

Another rug pull (a.k.a. using Control to screw you up). Now Google will require Android developers with personal accounts provide 20 testers for 2 weeks in order to release their apps.

Wait until they do the same for small businesses. I spent two weeks retraining into mobile and finishing up a half-done app. Probably time to make it a web app instead.

I understand they want to curate the store, but there are other ways.

Google Play tightens up rules for Android app developers to require testing, increased app review | TechCrunch

Google today is announcing strengthened protections for Android developers publishing apps to its Google Play store. The changes are a part of Google's

techcrunch.com

 

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[StrikingViper69]

Another rug pull (a.k.a. using Control to screw you up). Now Google will require Android developers with personal accounts provide 20 testers for 2 weeks in order to release their apps.

Wait until they do the same for small businesses. I spent two weeks retraining into mobile and finishing up a half-done app. Probably time to make it a web app instead.

I understand they want to curate the store, but there are other ways.

Google Play tightens up rules for Android app developers to require testing, increased app review | TechCrunch

Google today is announcing strengthened protections for Android developers publishing apps to its Google Play store. The changes are a part of Google's

techcrunch.com

Is this an opportunity for some sort of testing agency?

 

[srodrigo]

Is this an opportunity for some sort of testing agency?

Yeah, I've read a couple of people on Reddit suggesting this as well. I wonder what tricks people are going to come up with.

 

[Choate]

Can’t see the appeal of going to the Android or Apple Store. You would already be giving up massive control, this latest change just makes it more obvious. Users don’t want to install more apps on their devices.

 

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[msufan]

Is this an opportunity for some sort of testing agency?

Big time. Take this problem and solve it for a fee.

 

[srodrigo]

Can’t see the appeal of going to the Android or Apple Store. You would already be giving up massive control, this latest change just makes it more obvious. Users don’t want to install more apps on their devices.

There are quite a few appeals for users, unfortunately (trusted digital store, native experience, not having to type your credit card again, etc.). For developers, not so many.

 

[Tau Ceti]

I am not sure how this new requirement will play out. If you need to release a critical fix, you can't wait 2 weeks to release it.

Where I work we release fixes on a daily basis and the builds spend maybe 24h to 48H in testing phase maximum.

 

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[srodrigo]

I am not sure how this new requirement will play out. If you need to release a critical fix, you can't wait 2 weeks to release it.

Where I work we release fixes on a daily basis and the builds spend maybe 24h to 48H in testing phase maximum.

This is the main reason why I love the web. If you've got a good deployment pipeline, changes go live within minutes. Software that goes on digital stores, specially mobile ones, is quite a pain.