Google Removes Gunbroker.com App

[TNman207]

My Android app for Gunbroker.co suddenly stopped working. After contacting Gunbroker, I received the following message.

 

GunBroker.com Support (GunBroker) Sep 10, 11:41 AM EDT Unfortunately our Android mobile app was removed from Google Play due to a policy violation. At this time we are working on other options to house this application for download, but until then access to our website will need to be conducted via browser. We apologize for this inconvenience.    GunBroker.com Customer Service GunBroker.com The Web's Largest Hunting and Sport Shooting Auction (tm) http://www.gunbroker.com

[KahrMan]

That is a shame but nothing really surprises me anymore.

[Ronald_55]

Huh.. my app seems to still be working. Sad that they feel this is so evil. Can we pull the McDonald's app? You know fast food kills people...

[btq96r]

You don't need to have an app on Google Play to get it for Android OS.  The gun community needs to embrace tech geeks (or at least subcontract them) and become independent in getting their software to consumers.    

Gun Broker can hire a developer to tweak the app (shouldn't require much) and hang it on their website as a downloadable APK file.  All someone would have to do is enable installation of third party apps on their device and click through the install process.  The app can be configured to search for new versions on its own and prompt the user for an update (or set to automatically happen). 

Edited September 11, 2018 by btq96r

[Obvious_man]

Still seems to be downloadable from the iPhone App Store. 

[TripleGGG]

My app still works. It's not in the play store though.