My account got closed for inactivity while I had multiple apps published. Google does not understand the concept of a finished app apparently, and requires you to continuously push updates or else you permanently lose your account with no way of reopening it.

I have just one app I published way back in 2014 or so, and I think there were only 2 updates (only counting changes that required uploading new builds) since then that were like "do this or we're taking the app down".

One of them was requiring a privacy policy, even for a fully offline game that doesn't even have the internet permission. The other one was having to update the target platform version if I remember correctly.

They do the same with youtube accounts. My parents lost a ton a family movies that way. No warning either, just poof -> gone.

It happened to me too. And they didn't even refund my $20 or so.

> Google does not understand the concept of a finished app

They do! They just hate it.

Gotta drive engagement bro! Line must go up!

> requires you to continuously push updates

Sounds like a perfect job to automate by an always-on LLM.