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8 days ago

The Store is being decimated by a handful of developers spamming low-effort apps

IoFace, Islandic, SunEast, Echelon, Wonderful, Saraswatches, Warm, FaceTime, Estefania83, tatu_vic

They just blatantly SPAM the heck out of the store.

This issue is now a weekly subject on /r/Garmin with hundreds of upvotes and people fuming and complaining.

This has gotta stop.

eau_de_vie
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  • 8 days ago

    Surely you could think outside the box a bit and find some solutions. Like others suggested:
    - blacklist/blocklist of developers - this one seems really perfect, it's elegant, easy to implement, gives power to the users and doesn't change your philosophy, also gives you additional data (who users commonly block) to feed your recommendation engine with

    - charging small flat yearly fee for each entry - developers would have to manage their submissions and delete useless ones

    - limit amount of apps dev can submit

    - implement ability to filter out search results with keywords, like in google search, "-TimeFace -SunVenus" etc.

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  • 8 days ago

    Surely you could think outside the box a bit and find some solutions. Like others suggested:
    - blacklist/blocklist of developers - this one seems really perfect, it's elegant, easy to implement, gives power to the users and doesn't change your philosophy, also gives you additional data (who users commonly block) to feed your recommendation engine with

    - charging small flat yearly fee for each entry - developers would have to manage their submissions and delete useless ones

    - limit amount of apps dev can submit

    - implement ability to filter out search results with keywords, like in google search, "-TimeFace -SunVenus" etc.

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