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(I'm a previous APNdroid user)

Putting ads in the notification area is remarkably antisocial. This is not what the notification area is for. It's selfish, violates the user's trust, and quite rightly causes the red mist of rage to descend.

It may sound harsh, but your app deserved to be removed for this.

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Developers have to come a long way to build an user base and good ratings, so it would have been fair to give a warning notice prior to removing the app, ihmo.

(speaking as an Android app dev; and yes it is too intrusive)

I disagree. It's so obviously a cheap, nasty move that no warning should be necessary.

It's beyond intrusive. It's spam and Airpush will hopefully be out of business soon.

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