RohitKushvaha01
Your app has been stolen
This just a Copycat I have found https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rk.xededitor
This just a Copycat I have found https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rk.xededitor
I've already reported it to Google, but I'm not expecting much in terms of action. Let's see what happens.
I've already reported it to Google, but I'm not expecting much in terms of action. Let's see what happens.
When you told me that my app (WhatSave) had also been stolen, I filed the appropriate report, but today Google notified me that they "could not find any violations." Unfortunately, Google turns a blind eye to these issues.
I reported that app as suspicious now, but they didn't change the credits (sponsor button / GitHub link) in the About section of the settings.
I reported that app as suspicious now, but they didn't change the credits (sponsor button / GitHub link) in the About section of the settings.
He's probably not a developer, which might explain why he's stealing others' work to make quick money from ads and collected user data
I reported that app as suspicious now, but they didn't change the credits (sponsor button / GitHub link) in the About section of the settings.
He's probably not a developer, which might explain why he's stealing others' work to make quick money from ads and collected user data
This is highly unethical. It is bad to use open-source developers' reputation for personal gain. Fortunately, not many people have downloaded it so far.
After my ToDo app was stolen, I reported it to Google three times, but they never responded.
The app has been successfully removed. Thanks to everyone who reported it.
This is highly unethical. It is bad to use open-source developers' reputation for personal gain. Fortunately, not many people have downloaded it so far.
Just as much, it is highly unethical for Google to continue to host it, but even if the app is gratis on the store, more apps on their store means more engagement means more money for them and their advertising and data partners. The incentives are perverse, all the way down to their roots. This is one reason why I avoid using anything from the Google Play Store unless I can find no [safer] alternative, and for other similar reasons of principle, if I must grab something from their service, I do it with Aurora. A lot of times, I simply go without having apps to do the things that I want or need to do, unless I can find a FLOSS alternative. Also, I'm completely destitute, so many apps just aren't an option anyway.
One day, I hope to completely de-Google my life. The Android ecosystem isn't great for this, but Apple has ad/data partners, too, and probably all the same ones, because Big Tech is one massive collusion, dividing and conquering, assigning themselves ownership over the spoils well in advance. My current obstacles are that I have no knowledge of Android development, nor hardware sufficient to run Android Studio (no home means no PC, no money means no relatively powerful laptop), and the alternatives to using Android studio are semi-suppressed, because Google controls search, and their constant changes to the principles and paradigms of the operating system, updates to their security model, and OEMs/ODMs always locking things down or obscuring them, so that you can't simply use your knowledge of Linux to unravel the whole thing -- but you do still need that knowledge, if you want to take control. It's just that that is the second half of the journey, rather than the first, and getting that far is the more difficult leg of the journey.
