Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

Credit to Google for creating such a powerful ecosystem and wresting increasing control of it. Amazing how the "open source" Android operating system has so many controls attached to it by Google.

So we're now at a point where they have control over the code that lands on ~80% of smartphones, they control the app ecosystem that most rely on for it, they control most of the data including default search etc. that comes from the use of it and the control only grows more powerful every day. As Android gets bigger, devs cannot ignore it and thus are forced to play in their garden.

More disturbing, perhaps to some, is that Google's business is built on advertising which is fueled by your personal data. Unlike Apple, Blackberry, Microsoft, etc. they don't make money off the product (your phone), they make money off of you (the user). They are playing a completely different game than the other device manufacturers and the implications of them winning are pretty serious.

That's seriously messed up. There are tons of adblockers on the Play Store, why has Disconnect Mobile been singled out?

BTW, I'm currently using Freedome which from what I understand is very similar to Disconnect Mobile

It's a walled garden. Why do people keep developing for walled gardens then acting hurt when they're summarily evicted?