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adolfintel / OpenPods

The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android
https://fdossena.com/?p=openPods/index.frag
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Serious Play Store violations #81

Closed Electric1447 closed 4 years ago

Electric1447 commented 4 years ago

Found this by accidentally clicking the play store button in nova launcher Screenshot_20200608-191122 This app uses the same package name as OpenPods this is a new level of GPL violation

adolfintel commented 4 years ago

Fuck, another one? Well at least the sabotage is working as intended, look at those reviews :laughing:

Domi04151309 commented 4 years ago

It even uses the same screenshots. Do people even try? xD

adolfintel commented 4 years ago

DMCA sent

Electric1447 commented 3 years ago

This app is still on the Play Store (WITH OPENPODS PACKAGE NAME).

Maybe we should just upload an App that links to F-Droid with OpenPods package name so no one else could use that package name?

Domi04151309 commented 3 years ago

That would violate play store policies

adolfintel commented 3 years ago

Hmm, it was taken down in june, they must have reuploaded it. Either way, the app doesn't work, as expected

Domi04151309 commented 3 years ago

You could also check if the app was installed by the play store and display a message accordingly

adolfintel commented 3 years ago

The app already checks it, but instead of displaying a message that could be easily found and removed, it behaves incorrectly after a few seconds.