Making a living on Google Play and other Horror Stories
summary
Claims making a living on Google Play is possible but rare — about 9% earn over €1,000 and only 3% exceed $10,000 — built 20+ utility apps (metro maps, pollution, electricity) and grows revenue from pay-only to banner ads after AdMob acquisition, hitting roughly $100/day at peak. Automatic account-association enforcement closes related accounts over Christmas, appeal succeeds only after a viral open letter, so a technical survival plan includes AdMob mediation, CI and shared libraries, and an S3 APK fallback to push updates outside Play.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:33Making a living on Google Play
- 3:47From electronics to Android development
- 7:11First app and early monetization
- 10:40Switching to a software engineering career
- 12:56Working at Samsung and quitting
- 14:22Starting a company together
- 16:32Lessons from publishing 20 apps
- 22:07Google Play account termination horror
- 25:47Writing the open letter to Google
- 28:43Appeal process and account reinstatement
- 34:49Plan B and alternative revenue streams
- 39:53Q&A and closing remarks
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