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Google Updates The Play Store Content Policy, No more Notification Ads

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Every once in a while, Google updates the Play Store Development Content Policy which is where the rules are for putting apps in the Play Store. It defines what can and can’t be done by developers and it’s the guide Google has for shutting down apps and developers when they do something wrong. Usually when Google updates it, it’s because they’re looking for ways to fight spammers and forgers, we’re all tired of seeing fake apps pop up under popular names. As is with every major Google update, the folks at  Android Police  did a tear down and found a whole bunch of interesting stuff that Google changed or added to the Policy in order to make it better and tighter to keep the Play Store as clean as possible. Let’s start with probably the most important change of all: Notification ads are no longer allowed, in any  way or shape. Apps and their ads must not display advertisements through system level notifications on the user’s device, unless the notifications derive from an integral featu