Google bans thing. Ban gets attention on HN and a few other social media sites. Google unbans thing. Repeat.
The bigger point is the system is clearly broken, but how in the world can you fix it?
There are plenty of other companies that have many more humans in the chain where problems like these eventually get resolved once proper appeals are conducted or someone physically walks into a business and participates in whatever verification method is required.
The idea that Google is somehow special is laughable. Compared to some other industries that are directly consumer facing the number of apps and developers is actually small.
Also, they're not doing it without pay. They're taking a 30% cut from an industry approaching a trillion dollars in annual revenue. Again, the idea they can't solve this problem if they were willing to spend the money is absurd.
As well, Google Play pretty much monopolizes the Android market for the general public.
The question is how we can break the cycle in favor of hackers rather than in favor of big corporations.