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PLAY — Google Play's target API level deadline passed on August 31. Whether the project your builder generates has kept pace is worth verifying yourself rather than assumingPOLICY — Play has sharpened its definition of a low-value app: rehashes of existing apps, or thin wrappers around a third-party model with no useful function of their ownDATA — User Data requirements apply to third-party AI integrations too. Disclosing what gets sent to an external model is the responsibility of whoever publishes the appAPPLE — Enforcement of Guideline 2.5.2 has tightened around apps that execute arbitrary code at runtime, putting the line between a tool and an app under closer scrutinyBUILD — Compiling a signed native binary server-side through a reproducible pipeline sits outside 2.5.2, and the technical distinction is worth stating preciselyIOS — iOS 27 reaches general release in September, supporting iPhone 11 and later. Building the device check into an annual routine takes the surprise out of itPLAY — Google Play's target API level deadline passed on August 31. Whether the project your builder generates has kept pace is worth verifying yourself rather than assumingPOLICY — Play has sharpened its definition of a low-value app: rehashes of existing apps, or thin wrappers around a third-party model with no useful function of their ownDATA — User Data requirements apply to third-party AI integrations too. Disclosing what gets sent to an external model is the responsibility of whoever publishes the appAPPLE — Enforcement of Guideline 2.5.2 has tightened around apps that execute arbitrary code at runtime, putting the line between a tool and an app under closer scrutinyBUILD — Compiling a signed native binary server-side through a reproducible pipeline sits outside 2.5.2, and the technical distinction is worth stating preciselyIOS — iOS 27 reaches general release in September, supporting iPhone 11 and later. Building the device check into an annual routine takes the surprise out of it
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Business/2026-05-27Advanced

The Day I Walked Away From $730/Month — Pulling AppLovin From 5 Apps After 11 Years of Crash Data

On 2026-05-26 I paused AppLovin and AppLovinMax Bidding + Waterfall across my entire iOS/Android catalogue (50M+ cumulative downloads) for INT, RWD, and RWI. This is the full record of the three lines of evidence I used to justify walking away from $730/month and the four-week evaluation framework I set up afterwards.