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But what happens if someone complains about my extension and Google decides to pull it from the store?

It happened to me. I am the developer of a joke extension [1] that got reported for abuse one too many times, and Google took my developer account off the Web Store, then they sent me an email about it [2], stating that it was breaking a policy that it simply wasn't.

I replied to them explaining the situation [3], and they reinstated my developer account (and that extension) within 4 days [4]. Still, if they had "carefully reviewed" my case and decided against me, I may have had my primary source of income (developing Chrome extensions) taken away from me because of a joke extension.

[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gnbchcphjnmbmknnoe...

[2]: https://gist.github.com/514ae4d858027303bc95#file_email.txt

[3]: https://gist.github.com/514ae4d858027303bc95#file_reply.txt

[4]: https://gist.github.com/514ae4d858027303bc95#file_response.t...

it remembers be about the "I'm rich" iPhone app that was selling for 999 usd. I'm very curious to hear if any user has bought your app.

No, nobody has purchased that app. A few people have purchased a $5 recipe app that I made, but nobody has purchased the $999 joke app. If they did, I'd feel really bad and offer them a refund.

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