Google bans self-updating Android apps, possibly including Facebook’s

Facebook end run around Google Play store followed by change in Google policy.

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griggle[/url]":1gfdi7vn]I am more interested in how they will enforce it? Do they know someone is doing it. Can they prevent it?

Considering it's a Play Store guideline, and they control the Play Store, they most certainly can enforce it. If nothing else, they can take the app down after user complaints.

 

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i8thecat[/url]":2qipprqg]So... Reading between the lines... Google is slowly building a walled garden and hoping users fail to notice?

A walled garden can be a very good thing if you are tired of babysitting a device...

But...

If you enjoy playing and are competent in doing so, then the walls that Google has slowly been stealth-building are not good.

As an IT guy, I look at it as enforcing good change control. Sure, my phone is rooted and I enjoy playing too, but I don't want any updates applied to my devices without my knowledge. Period.

If that somehow interferes with play, I don't see how.

So some garden walls are good but others are bad?

Walls that I put up around me make a home. Walls that others put up around me make a prison.