Google’s app store policies and actions have “killed” a free and open source (FOSS), privacy-oriented app – this time, it’s FairEmail.
Marcel Bokhorst, the developer behind FairEmail, announced his project has been terminated because Google falsely flagged the email client as spyware.
In a note posted on FairEmail’s site, and previously announced on XDA Developers, Bokhorst said that Play Store gave him no reasonable opportunity to appeal the ban, and this was clearly the last straw – the project will no longer be developed or supported.
In its long-established manner, Google first informed Bokhorst that FairEmail was spyware, but apparently without providing specifics. The developer then tried to understand what informed Google’s actions, concluding it may have been the way the app uses favicons. He next removed favicons altogether and appealed by resubmitting the app...
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