jimmyff

I like to keep my Nix inputs for different purposes (AI, dev tools, desktop) separate so I can update them on different schedules. I wrote a small script to get a quick overview of which inputs have updates available!

Hey, author here, the blog post takes you through my journey with nix so far: reviving an old Pixelbook with NixOS, wrangling my MacBook with nix-darwin, and super-charging Nix with AI to solve a problem I thought was unsolvable.

Happy to answer any questions!

It's the name that appears on your phone/device if you have the app installed. This can differ from the app store title which is often more verbose.

Hi, yeah I assumed it was okay because so many other apps and websites use the word Eurovision too -I realise now that this was a big mistake. For context: earlier this year I implemented a scorecard feature (allowing users to score all historic shows and the live shows), the biggest app with this functionality is called "Eurovision 12 points", I'm surprised my app got suspended yet other apps haven't.

The font is a community font and my icon is my interpretation of the Eurovision heart. I wrongly assumed all these changes would have been fine. On the app store listings and in the app itself I make it really clear that it was an unofficial fan made app.

It would have been kind of Google if they had given me the chance to rectify the issue which I would have done without question.

Also the fact their feedback was so minimal and cryptic, if it were a trademark issue why wouldn't they just say that?

Yep, I reached the same conclusion as you (albeit more slowly). I wrongly assumed it was okay because so many other apps and websites do the same. Last year I implemented a scorecard feature (allowing users to score all historic shows and the live shows), the biggest app with this functionality is called 'Eurovision 12 points', I'm surprised my app got suspended yet other apps haven't.

It would have been kind & reasonable if Google had given me an opportunity to rectify the issue by re-branding which I would have done in a heartbeat.

Also, I don't understand why their feedback is so cryptic, if it's was a trademark issue why didn't they just say that.

Apologies; I didn't mean to compare my app with those giants, I was just trying to demonstrate that on device titles tend not to reflect app functionality.

Hey, I probably should have linked the original article, I didn't as it was a PWA back then (rather than native app) and it had a different name- two factors I thought could be confusing. Glad you found it anyway, if anyone's interested this is the article I was referring too: https://medium.com/@jimmyff/building-a-web-app-the-progressi...

Frustratingly I didn't screen grab the Firebase tweet and there history doesn't go that far back anymore. I got the mention after posting the article to the Firebase slack channel and one of the team took notice and sent me a PM. (I'm sure the conversation about it will still be in my slack history).

I'm happy to share all correspondence to and from Google if there is an appetite for it. I posted the original messages to reddit 6 months back asking for advice: https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/o6xghx/google_p...

I've written the article with the hope that it will get someone's attention at Google and they can improve the systems and policies over there, or at very least start providing developers with actual reasons for banning their app so they can learn from their mistakes.

So please give the article a clap and help it reach the suits at Google!