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  • Pika@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    just have the voicemail say “this mailbox is rarely monitored and is here as a requirement for google play services; a better way of getting support is available at X”

    It’s also extremely anti-consumer to not offer any support. Which is likely the primary reason that Google is requiring this. There are so many apps out there that don’t have any means of support, it’s one of my primary complaints about google play, so many abandonwares or apps that were clearly put on there as a send and done with no intent to actually use them.

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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      14 days ago

      That’s not better. It is not OK to have a phone number published that is not monitored regularly, no matter what message you leave when they call it.

      You should have a legitimate contact method, but it is not acceptable behavior to publish a contact method that isn’t handled appropriately. Publishing a number that always goes to voice mail is already really bad.