MoneyMagnet2015
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You didn't get banned for creating those 5 accs with the same IP where the first acc was banned?
Yeah, previously I had two accounts before the first one was banned, one for serious apps then another for games. After the ban I registered more accounts confirmed with same phone number, it's not problem using them from the same IP in Chrome. Taking all those measures to evade being detected are unneccesary. Does Google actuallty have a policy against multiple accounts? My theory is that Google freaks out when it manages to detect a dev is trying to hide his identity.
Can you, maybe, share some tips on how to "clone" your apps in different accs without them noticing? I just thought about changing obviously project name and packages, mixing some code lines, changing file names, classes names, compiling on different mac adress, strings, xml, manifest, libraries changed. etc. Am I missing something?
Clone only your own code for which Google has no fingerprint. I simply change project name, id and package, because I created my own JavaScript interface for Webview and make my apps in HTML5, which is easier to develop and modify to make lots of slightly different clones (colors, images, fonts, content). There is a little detail in between to make the code more difficult to compare using fingerprints. You might come up with your own method, just don't make it difficult for a manual inspection for Google to check your apps from time to time, so they don't think you are trying too hard to hide something. See the pattern?
In a previous life I worked for one of the major software companies, they only had a tech support branch in my third world country so I got in that department. That gave me some insight on how support teams work. Actually I was trying to make them implement automated support like Google's but they just ignored me.