Thanks for posting this to the list. His story was disconcerting, and it's good to hear that he didn't respond to your emails.
-Joshua On Dec 20, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Ikai Lan (Google) wrote: > Hi, > > I sent you an email a week requesting a response. Please check your inbox for > emails from me addressed to the billing administrator of your application > (vrypan@). Because you didn't respond, I was forced to disable your > application. > > Your application is in violation of our terms of service because it is being > targeted by spammers to shorten spam URLs. If we are reported instances of > these, we will contact the developers to: > > 1. Remove the content > 2. Take aggressive measures to prevent spamming of their service > > Our terms of service dictate that you are responsible for policing the > content of your application. If you are in violation, we will first notify > you and work with you before disabling your application. However, if we do > not receive a response, we will go ahead and disable the application. > > Please work with me off mailing list to resolve the issue. > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Jorge Guberte <jorgegube...@gmail.com> wrote: > If that's the case, then the app i'm developing will be shut for sure, > because it extends the Google Contacts platform, making use of the API Google > provides. > Makes no sense, right? > > 2010/12/19 Philip <philip.mates...@driggle.com> > > There is no way that the app was disabled because Google fears > competition. I'm currently developing a google news like service on > app engine and I got access to the matcher api and prediction api > without any problems even though I have told explicitly that I am > doing this. I also got always help from Googlers like Ikai in the IRC > channel. > > Besides, I'm pretty sure that it would be *highly* risky for Google to > disable apps that are competing with their own services. They would > abuse their online monopoly and this could result in astronomically > huge judicial punishment. > > On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Nickolas Daskalou <n...@daskalou.com> wrote: > > It may have been disabled because it competes with Google's URL > > shortening offering (http://goo.gl/). > > > > Nick > > > > On 18/12/2010, at 1:21 PM, vrypan <vry...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. I've been running my URL shortener, urlborg.com, on appengine > > > since 2008. Suddenly, yesterday, the app was marked as DISABLED by > > > google, and no one can access it. How do I get in contact with > > > someone that can explain what's going on? I feel really bad for the > > > users that relied on my service. > > > > > I really, really like AppEngine, I mean, if you are offering a > > > hosting environment, and people are paying for it, you can't just > > > switch off an account, without a warning, or a notice or something... > > > > > Panayotis > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Google App Engine" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to google- > > > appeng...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en > > > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
