Paid version on the Google Play Store

julian-klode / dns66

DNS-based Host Blocker (and lightweight ad blocker) for Android

https://jak-linux.org/projects/dns66/

GNU General Public License v3.0

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Paid version on the Google Play Store #482

Open paulaime opened 1 year ago

paulaime commented 1 year ago

Hi there,

I just stumbled upon this paid version of DNS66 on the Google Play Store, and wanted to know if it's a legitimate version, or just a rip-off someone uploaded to make a quick buck?

I've always used the version from F-Droid, so I was a bit curious.

Thanks!

julian-klode commented 1 year ago

it's not from me
it's generally not illegal to do this, the license allows uploading to the play store
(assuming that um recipients of it get the source code)
it does violate the play store terms of service (it's an ad blocker after all)

julian-klode commented 1 year ago

I sent a report to Google.

smartyn13r commented 1 year ago

Unfortunately Google isn't taking any action on the developer even after we reported it. upon contacting the developer the developer is stubborn and refused to remove it from playstore and also claims that his app is better. I assume it's modded to steal data.

nyhtml commented 1 year ago

I should have known when I saw the same account offering apps with ads. This is the same reason I do click that stupid banner ads I see on YouTube offering to block ads.