I have lost INR 3,00,000- INR 4,00,000 because of @Google & @billdesk - and 100s of other developers across India are facing the same issue. >I build mobile apps with In-app purchases & Subscriptions. >Users download the apps for free and pay for features in-app >I publish these apps on Apple App Store & Google Play Store >Majority of my installs come from Google, organically Now here is what happened: >Google Play in India requires you to be verified via a 3rd party agency, mandated by @RBI >The third party agency is BillDesk >2 months ago I started my verification process with BillDesk >My application got rejected 10-12 times without any feedback, frustrated I asked them to give me callback to explain the issue >On the call they said I had to cancel and restart my entire application - 5 weeks ago. >I completed all online verification formalities 5 weeks ago, Google stopped users from purchasing all IAPs in my apps because my payments account was not verified. ❌ At this point I have ~$2,000 in my Google Play account that cannot be deposited in my bank account due to incomplete verification. ❌ Unknowingly I was also spending money on paid-ads - which all went to 0 because of this. >Now for the past 5 weeks, I have been mailing them everyday to get an update on my application >I only get template responses >I reached out to them via X, LinkedIn, Mail but no response >My downloads are growing everyday but my Google Play revenue is 0 (which is supposed to be ~3L for the last 30 days now looking at the growth) And this is not just me - if you go on Reddit and type "Billdesk verification" you will see what I mean. >Some have even mentioned they ask for bribes lol Srinivasu MN Parul Verma Viswanath Kuppa (tagging whoever I find from BillDesk) I usually avoid writing rant posts but I don't have anything to lose at this point :))

after Opus 5.5 it actually hurts to look at anything GPT 6 Astra designs gave both models the exact same prompt: "make a dynamic 15-second motion graphics video that shows what an incredible motion designer you are, like it's your showreel for a résumé. go all out." not even close, see for yourselves. GPT is honestly terrible here, openai just has awful taste

Just Amazon things... Preordered to receive it early but it didnt even ship!!!! But was already available to buy & delivery in just few hours! So cancelled the ordered & ordered again 🤦‍♂️🙆‍♂️🤷‍♂️

My biggest issue with iOS has always been missing Notification icons in status bar. When the phone is unlocked, there is no way to know which app has new notifications without swiping down!!!