Hiroshi Lockheimer personally apologizes for Podcast Addict Play Store takedown, app now restored

The app became collateral damage in Google’s fight against coronavirus misinformation

• Update 1: 2020/05/18 6:54pm PDT
  Hiroshi Lockheimer responds
• Update 2: 2020/05/19 4:20am PDT
  Back on the Play Store

Another month, another wrongful removal from the Play Store. Google booted Podcast Addict off the Play Store because it references the novel coronavirus outbreak — or rather, it offers you to listen to podcasts that do, just like any other podcast player out there. For some reason, Podcast Addict has been singled out by Google, with the company asking the developer to prove that his product is endorsed by some government, or remove any references to COVID-19.

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