If you like to flash your Android phone with a custom ROM, there’s a 99% chance you have ROM Manager installed. It’s an app coded by the famous Koushik Dutta, one of the guys responsible for CyanogenMod. Unfortunately, the app is no longer in Google’s Play Store, for reasons that are totally trivial.
Despite Google warning him about his app violating their terms of service, and despite Google warning all their developers over a year ago about the updated Play Store terms of service, Koushik didn’t have enough time in his busy day to make the changes necessary to prevent his app from getting pulled. So what’s going to happen now? ROM Manager has been officially suspended, which means it’s not going to come back to the Play Store. Koushik can re-submit ROM Manager to the Play Store with the correct in-app payment method baked in, but it’s going to be considered a brand new application with zero downloads and zero ratings. That sucks, but hey, rules are there for a reason.
