[yanis_t]

I still remember how Google banned my entire account without providing a reason for a small Android app (more than 12 years ago). To this day I have no idea why, it was absolutely green-area fit tracker or something. There was absolutely no way to know the reason or unblock my account. Turned me away from Android development forever.

[jkestner]

A relative’s business has had Google reviews frozen for years. Search results show the bad rating after some former customer and spouse left bad reviews several years ago. Appeal went into a black hole. Running a small business is at the pleasure of Silicon Valley.

[pocksuppet]

Check with a lawyer if this counts as tortious interference. You could potentially win quite a large sum from Google.

[seanw444]

They want to make this the only way to run apps on Android too.

[littlecranky67]

Same shit happend to me - got my google account blocked overnight and locked out of most of my digital life. Learned my lesson and ungoogled asap.