I have the same experience with the Google Play Store. For all the complaints people have about the Apple App Store, at least their reviewers are human and you can discuss things with them. And they block updates but don't remove the app without warning!
My experience with the Google Play store: I get an email on a friday night after working hours stating that the app of my company was removed after a routine check and that I have to follow an appeal process to get it back. (The reason being that we had 2 apps in the store, one for production use and one for training).
Only after pinging people I knew working at Google was I able to get my support case prioritized and the app unblocked.
A second time we had our app deleted from the store because we used background geolocation and failed to comply in time with the new reporting requirements. Once again, no warning and no grace period except a generic "Google Play policy update" email 6 months earlier...
I guess we're just lucky to have a B2B app that we can install via APK to our customers' phones if needed.
My experience with the Google Play store: I get an email on a friday night after working hours stating that the app of my company was removed after a routine check and that I have to follow an appeal process to get it back. (The reason being that we had 2 apps in the store, one for production use and one for training). Only after pinging people I knew working at Google was I able to get my support case prioritized and the app unblocked.
A second time we had our app deleted from the store because we used background geolocation and failed to comply in time with the new reporting requirements. Once again, no warning and no grace period except a generic "Google Play policy update" email 6 months earlier...
I guess we're just lucky to have a B2B app that we can install via APK to our customers' phones if needed.