Apparently, all RSS readers are banned on Google Play:
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Apparently, all RSS readers are banned on Google Play:
Google added some restrictions to news app and I don't see how Flym (and other RSS aggregators) could comply to that. For instance, Flym cannot provide a "valid and verifiable contact information" for the feed, nor it can assure that "each of the sources must meet News policy requirements".
As of today, Flym updates on Play Store are blocked by Google. So I have archived this project in order to clearly show that I won't maintain it anymore. I'm not aware of any official way of publishing an RSS client on PlayStore and do not have motivation to argue with Google.
https://github.com/FredJul/Flym
Just one more argument against ever using Google Play.
Edit: The policy has been changed since back then and now has a new paragraph that can make RSS apps work:
However, if apps contain primarily user generated content (for example, social media apps), they should not declare themselves as News apps, and are not considered to be News apps.
Still wanna stay off Google Play for lots of other reasons, of course. Vital infrastructure should not be owned and controlled by megacorporations.
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