Title: Google suspended one of my android apps which had been previously checked and approved many times. It was on the store for just over 4 years.<p>It had about 12K active users, with 1-2 IAP sales per day. So people WERE using the app as it was intended to be used.<p>Then one day Google decided to suspended the app without warning because of &#x27;deceptive behaviour&#x27;. Saying the app does not work as the title says.<p>The only changed made was we copied and older (previously approved) title and short description to the current one and submitted it. The title was still accurate and true to the app.  This title and metadata had been used in the past in experiments too.<p>So that app has gone bust overnight and appealing makes no difference. They just say the same standard response to every email. Sorry we cant help you read this policy page&quot;.<p>They never actually tell you actual reason it was suspended. If their was a policy breach they just give it a broad heading without clarifying what the actual issue is.<p>This would not be an issue if you were just having fun, trying your luck or a sccammer &#x2F; spammer. but if youre running it like a business spending thousands of dollars &#x2F; pounds on marketing the app its a really big serious issue. All that effort and marketing spend is lost.<p>Independent developers are a key part of Google Play without whom there would be like a few dozen apps and games which users get bored of and most likely stop using the platform.  Yet the indie and small developer has little voice.  Appeals are like playing the lottery from what I have read online.   If the real issue your app was suspended was due to a policy breach then its most important to make the developer understand without any doubt what that breach was.  For one it saves a lot time for everyone, it gives a professional level of developer support and also means that the developer can focus on fixing the issue and is less likely to make it again.<p>So what can be done about this?
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