{"id":58485,"date":"2022-04-21T13:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=dd364e719e03cf4c672a4adb51bd0081"},"modified":"2022-04-21T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:18:33","slug":"google-play-makes-bizarre-decision-to-ban-call-recording-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=58485","title":{"rendered":"Google Play makes bizarre decision to ban call-recording apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Well that's shitty. \nThe only thing being hostile toward individual self recording accomplishes is exacerbating the power asymmetry in favor of large entities.<\/div>
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Google has announced a bizarre policy that effectively bans call-recording apps from the Play Store. As part of Google's crackdown<\/a> on apps that use Android's accessibility APIs for non-accessibility reasons, Google says call recording is no longer allowed via the accessibility APIs. Since the accessibility APIs are the only way for third-party apps to record calls on Android, call-recording apps are dead on Google Play.<\/p>\n

NLL Apps—the developer of a call-recording phone app with a million downloads<\/a> on the Play Store—has been tracking<\/a> the policy change. The Google Play support page<\/a> lays down the new law, saying: \"The Accessibility API is not designed and cannot be requested for remote call audio recording.\" Google's ban kicks in on May 11, the first day of Google I\/O, oddly.<\/p>\n

There's no clear reason why Google is banning call recording from the Play Store. Many jurisdictions require the consent of one or more members of a call in order to start recording, but once you meet that requirement, recording is entirely legal and useful. The Google Recorder<\/a> app is a product built entirely around the usefulness of recording conversations. Google doesn't seem to have a problem with call recording when it comes to its own apps, either—the Google Phone app on Pixel phones supports call recording<\/a> in some countries. Google just doesn't provide the proper APIs to let third-party app developers compete with it in this market, and now it's shutting down their attempted workarounds.<\/p><\/div>

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