Still receiving bad Android reviews due to Permissions / Metrics Gathering!
DigiChain
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Although things certainly have improved over the past few months I'm still receiving my fair share of bad Android reviews (particularly on Amazon) due to the permissions / metrics gathering Gamesalad insists on putting into our apps.
I know I keep banging on about this - but it REALLY HURTS SALES!
An example of a couple of reviews received on Amazon in the past week (for a game published using the latest stable release):
"App was classified as malware. I uninstalled it before even playing it. Beware! Unfortunately I wasted money on this app."
"i AGREE WITH G.BUSH - this app contains malware. After downloading - it hacked my email contacts and sent an email which directs you to a malware site. I feel that amazon needs to check this app. I have paid money for total destruction!"
Please Gamesalad can you look into offering the metrics opt-out soon, as this is a real big problem right now!
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@DigiChain all of the malware and virus flags were from third party lib. We have talked to those third parties and they have worked to get the lib off the malware and virus list.
If you still feel that is not the issue please send in a support ticket and we will take a look at your issue.
@BlackCloakGS - Thanks, things have certainly been a lot better but I do keep getting these occasional reviews.
I'll do some of my own tests and send over a support ticket if there's anything that seems odd to me.