Comment by lawgimenez
7 months ago
The most annoying requirement is their Play Store delete account url. We have an API where we can delete the user’s account. But no, Google wanted a stupid url.
7 months ago
The most annoying requirement is their Play Store delete account url. We have an API where we can delete the user’s account. But no, Google wanted a stupid url.
Is that so that users who no longer have/want to use the app can still delete their account?
Yes we have a delete account option in our settings screen. But Google asking for url webpage for this scenario is just unnecessary.
Apple accepted it with no questions.
How do users use the API?
Is it really that hard to set up a small proxy tool that calls your fancy api when it receives those requests? As an outsider, it does seem quite reasonable to me - Google couldn't possibly support all APIs there may possibly exist for every app there is.
how are you going to authenticate the user? now you need to solve that if you didn't have a web login before.
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Guess @dang decided to rate limit my account again so I can't post replies :-)
> Some token that every account gets generated? It's really not that much to ask honestly.
How is the user going to know this token when they visit the website on their laptop? Keep in mind that the Google requirement is that you link to this delete page from the play store, where the user is not authenticated with your app. You can't just generate an URL containing this token.
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> Guess @dang decided to rate limit my account again so I can't post replies :-)
There are automatic rate limits that apply to everyone. IME you can still click on the comment's timestamp to be able to reply.
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Some token that every account gets generated? It's really not that much to ask honestly.
We can’t tell for sure since this url will be added to the Play Store. Problem is how to authenticate users.