Google takes more steps towards keeping Play Store trusted

01 November 2016
With an aim to better fight fraud and spam installs, Google has started pushing out a new update to its Play Store app that brings along improved detection and filtering systems.

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  • AnonD-611271
  • uj0
  • 18 Nov 2016

Very cool and bring many benefits to the user. play store update download Really is a market peak current application.

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    • AnonD-606798
    • XND
    • 05 Nov 2016

    OmNom, 01 Nov 2016While I agree, on the flip side why would you even waste yo... moreAlso

      AnonD-345931, 01 Nov 2016I actually checked out your app/game page and loved the tra... morethanks for your opinion!

      Its first release, and game is made in free time + its actually my first unity game.
      But fallowing your suggestion I will change icon in future update. I knew its not fancy and modern just like name, that actually was a problem and I wanted to change it before release, but that would mean minimum week of additional work, that is not cool if its just hobby project.

      Also game maybe look dull, but you could not get bored by it in hour, because its nothing more than VR speedrun game. you can finish whole game in less than 10min, and then just try to beat new records when you are bored.
      I spend last year playing most of VR games on market, and I can say that games that taking to long to play are bad, so my game is actually casual, that give just fun for few minutes.
      Also its still VR, game feel different when you actually use vr goggles, so something that look dull in flat screenshoot, look way different in VR.

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        • Omid46
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        • 02 Nov 2016

        Oh,my goodness!A very incredible amazing best news!!In away it means,no more 800 megabytes redundant updates that makes your device inactive completely and very easily prone to manipulate by spammers,phishers,and alien secret services!!!My dearest.Have I understood the news rightly or not!!!?Thanks to be notified....Justice Rights.

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          • AnonD-214913
          • LaT
          • 02 Nov 2016

          Anonymous, 01 Nov 2016it will never be as good as the apple store, as long as app... moreI like my phone to use the way I want not like iboys (iboys use their phones the way Apple want them to use)

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            • Anonymous
            • Kip
            • 02 Nov 2016

            Anonymous, 01 Nov 2016it will never be as good as the apple store, as long as app... moreHuh? I sense apple fanbys with "closed" mindset.

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              • AnonD-424566
              • Bw@
              • 01 Nov 2016

              Having being forced to rate an app 5 stars before you even get the Dam thing working should be looked at as well, bloooody annoying it is?

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                • AnonD-24893
                • Nu7
                • 01 Nov 2016

                Finally. First remove the phone finders and wifi hackers

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                  • Anonymous
                  • YeD
                  • 01 Nov 2016

                  Shaun Moroz, 01 Nov 2016Nice work, Google. On the right path to make the Google Pla... moreit will never be as good as the apple store, as long as apple allows, 3rrd party developers to develop and upload anything without googles approval, it will never be secure.

                  that's android for you. "opened" system.

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                    • AnonD-214913
                    • LaT
                    • 01 Nov 2016

                    Inverted Star, 01 Nov 2016You guys should eliminate those useless apps, if the develo... moreIf it's ask for current location and give you reason why, what is wrong with it? You can refuse if you don't trust. The apps which perform such activities without permission granted or abuse the data, must be taken down and such developers must be banned as well.

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                      • Inverted Star
                      • UD{
                      • 01 Nov 2016

                      You guys should eliminate those useless apps, if the developer can't do any good of it then what's the point of keeping it especially those apps that were asking for your location that will affect your privacy.

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                        • Shaun Moroz
                        • 0@9
                        • 01 Nov 2016

                        Nice work, Google. On the right path to make the Google Play Store better and better, perhaps even better than the App Store.

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                          • AnonD-345931
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                          • 01 Nov 2016

                          Akinaro, 01 Nov 2016They should rather fix their ldiotic rating and recommendat... moreI actually checked out your app/game page and loved the trailer(don't have a VR headset at this moment, so didn't play the actual game). But here's some notes I'm willing to give if you want:

                          1. The name of the game is extremely unappealing. You should give it a cooler name if you want people to talk about it.

                          2. The icon looks even worse. It seems like Pre-kitkat icons. No matter what you think, you HAVE to change that.

                          3. The gameplay itself looks dull(what I got from the trailer). Just watching the screenshots made me feel like I'll get bored by it after an hour. Try to add some action or at least SOMETHING that'll make the people want to go through all the hassle of putting on a headset just to play this game.

                          Well I'm no expert. I'm just a simple consumer and this is what I thought your game needed. Hope yours gets in the front page.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Nu7
                            • 01 Nov 2016

                            That will serve those fake developers right and reduce data usage downloading crappy apps

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                              • OmNom
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                              • 01 Nov 2016

                              AnonD-431269, 01 Nov 2016Perfect. Hope they remove of those CleaneR APpS - CRAPS. While I agree, on the flip side why would you even waste your time using one, you can manually clean your phone your self, it takes like 10 mins an you only need to do it like once per week. I've been doing that for years, an I've never had an issue

                              On the other hand, I've seen a dozen handsets bogged down with 5-6 different CRAPS [I like that lol nice]

                              I suppose having one is handy, but you could still do the same your self, an save your self the MBs an the stress

                                They should rather fix their ldiotic rating and recommendation system, that are based not on content or similarity but on amount of how much you paid for advertising and putting your game top.
                                almost 90% of apps and games on any list you search, google will put those apps and games from biggest companies first with all that copy/paste candycrush-like games, even if you would just type "soccer" in search bar.

                                None of smaller devs can reach even 1000 downloads because of that system, they promote only content that is not good, but have more fake downloads. Because when you check those apps and games from top, you will see that most of reviews give those product 1 or 3 stars, ALL THE TIME, but still google promote those apps and games as top with 4-5 stars!

                                For example I spend last 3 month of my free time, working on totally free game without adds, for growing Mobile VR industry.
                                https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.couchgames.apps.PowerLift

                                I just wanted to make something better looking that all those flat vr games, I spend few last days writing emails and forum post on sites about games and VR... about 100 emails and post. And guess how much respond or download I got?
                                0.
                                Damn ZERO.

                                If you dont pay google to list your product, your game or app will be burried under, stupd fremium products filled with ads, that copy them self all the time you will never get any respond or downloads.
                                Lately I talk with one devs who made another copy of android launcher that dont have anything new in it, and he just paid 30Euro to get 1000downloads and some 4-5stars rating, and now his app is promoted all the time, and his app show up in recommendations.

                                That how PlayStore look like, they can pretend to remove some shady apps, but problems lies in their own system.

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                                  • AnonD-431269
                                  • KIX
                                  • 01 Nov 2016

                                  Herodroid, 01 Nov 2016Please, just delete these antivirus/cleaner apps becausr th... morePerfect. Hope they remove of those CleaneR APpS - CRAPS.

                                    Just a inline with their pixel launch. Obviously they wish to become the next Apple now.

                                      Please, just delete these antivirus/cleaner apps becausr these are just shits and no brainers seariously. Android is already smart enough to clean ram by itself. Android DOES NOT have viruses at all, you will never get a virus, but if you install unknown app and give it root access then there will be a problem. Also as always, I would reccomend installing AdAway adblocker so this will keep these malware webpages just blocked. Also download VirusTotal app or use it in browser just to scan APK's you download. All shits like antivirus is just dumb and will make your phone slower and increase battery drain plus add heat to the phone.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • IWQ
                                        • 01 Nov 2016

                                        Confused, 01 Nov 2016"Keeping"? Nobody in their right mind ever trust anything G... moreNever trust big corporations period.