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Google pulls Hong Kong protest game for violating rules against ‘capitalizing on sensitive events’
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So, according to Google, if the app were reuploaded without microtransactions, it would be allowed?
I mean... this doesn't sound like anything wrong. Microtransaction game trying to grab some cash from the events.
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I can sort of see what Google is going for with this rule... but I can't help but feel like at the very best case scenario the optics look awful, and more likely that they are totally Acti-Blizzarding this.
This is my read, and I'd love if the app creator tested this if only so we could see if Google is being honest, or just using their existing rules to try and censor without having to come right out and say it.
This is my read, and I'd love if the app creator tested this if only so we could see if Google is being honest, or just using their existing rules to try and censor without having to come right out and say it.
Makes sense to me, especially if it's right there in the rules.
This same rule would prevent a crash simulator of reinacting the world trade centers being crashed into on 9/11, just shortly after.
I know they're not 1:1, but the rule applies to both.
This same rule would prevent a crash simulator of reinacting the world trade centers being crashed into on 9/11, just shortly after.
I know they're not 1:1, but the rule applies to both.
Sounds reasonable to me. People making money through in app purchases off an event like this is pretty disgusting
Android phones are around 80% of the market share, 20% iOS.
Ah great, thanks. Wasn't sure if they had established an alternative OS domestically.
Screw google, use ecosia
https://www.ecosia.org/
they use 80% of their profits to plant trees and such.
They're non-profit
https://www.ecosia.org/
they use 80% of their profits to plant trees and such.
They're non-profit
Yeah I don't really see the issue with this.
Think the people getting annoyed are doing so because they want to rather then actually looking at what happened
Think the people getting annoyed are doing so because they want to rather then actually looking at what happened
no b/c this is fair enforcent of tos that has been there for a long time. if someone made a trump inpeachment game and loaded it with mtx, google would pull it too.
Huawei phones still use Android. American pressure might force Google to abandon Huawei support though.
i mean... what exactly was the game? It sounds liek it makes sense under the rules and its not necessarily potentially hurting anyone like banning the crowdsourced maps. It's the type of thing where i think context matters, is it making light of the situation or something? but I can understand why it would be blanket enforcement to prevent having to slice a line down what is ok within context and what isnt.
How many war-based games can you currently pull up on there lol?
There's a difference between a Hong Kong protest game being made for profit (I'm not aware if any proceeds from MTX were to go to a pro-Hong Kong charity, for example), and like, Fire Emblem Heroes.
Do we know that this game wasn't pushed out by an opportunist looking to grift?
The policy mentions recent or on-going conflicts. 2-3 years from now, unless it is still on-going then, this app would likely be fine. Maybe a little longer. Just cannot be current. Not saying I like it, but thats the policy and appears to have been like that for some time now. Really no un-reasonable, this just looks bad in the current climate is all.
Could China be pressuring them? Sure. Is the game still against policy? Yup.
Yeah, I agree. The intersection of capitalism and art is always going to be kinda ugly, and I don't even necessarily begrudge Google this decision as a result, but I think it would be bad if the app weren't put back or not allowed to exist without the microtransactions.
Its all about them profiting off of this. It's a rule that Google enforces blanketly so imo nothing to see here
How would China pressure Google exactly? Google doesn't operate in China.