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Google’s app reviews team informed him the app was being removed for violating “Section 4.4” of the Android Developer Distribution Agreement.So how do you think this will play out?
developers can’t release apps that interfere with “the devices, servers, networks, or other properties or services of any third-party including, but not limited to, Android users, Google or any mobile network operator.”
Of course, Samsung is Google's biggest Android partner, adding a layer of tension to the dispute. Samsung is essentially asking its own partners to violate Play Store guidelines to support a feature Google may find harmful to its business of displaying and serving advertising. It's an especially thorny issue for Google, which has more recently made moves to stave off the decline of the mobile web in favor of apps, where the company cannot earn ad revenue as it does on mobile and web browsers through its dominant search engine.
