Google Blocked 175 Million Play Store Shitshows in 2025

Oh, fucking wonderful. Google just released their annual “Look How Hard We’re Trying” report, proudly announcing they blocked over 175 million app submissions last year. That’s 175 million pieces of digital sewage that developers — those data-vampire bastards — thought they could sneak past the filters. Three and a half million got rejected for “privacy and security concerns” alone. Privacy! As if any of these assholes actually give a flying fuck about your personal data beyond how much they can sell it for.

And let’s talk about the 1.5 million apps they actually let through the gates before realizing they were policy-violating turds. “Suspended,” they call it. Not blocked, but suspended — meaning they probably sat there for months harvesting user data like a digital combine harvester before some intern finally noticed. Oh, and they nuked 2 million developer accounts. Two million! That’s two million dipshits who thought they could publish “Free Flashlight + Bonus Bank Account Stealer” and get away with it. Spoiler alert: they didn’t.

Naturally, the report waxes lyrical about “AI-powered abuse” being the hot new trend. No shit, Sherlock. Malware authors are using AI now because why should legitimate developers have all the fun? Google’s systems are apparently scanning 50 billion apps daily across the Android ecosystem. Fifty fucking billion! That’s like trying to find a specific turd in a planet-sized sewer and still missing the occasional corn kernel of spyware.

They brag that 85% of bad apps are caught before users can download them. Great. That still leaves 15% that slip through the cracks. When you’re dealing with hundreds of millions of submissions, that means millions of apps are still out there stealing data, popping fraudulent ads, and generally making everyone’s digital life a living hell. Their new “live threat detection” is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine when users keep side-loading “Cracked_Premium_TikTok_Ads_Removed.apk” from ShadyRussianSite.net.

Speaking of which, Google flagged 10 million side-loaded apps as dangerous. Ten million users who thought they were clever little hackers bypassing the Play Store. Hope you enjoyed your free “Minecraft Pro++” that came with complimentary ransomware, you absolute fucking geniuses. The best part? They’ll just do it again next week and act surprised when their phone starts sending premium texts to a number in Uzbekistan.

You can read the full corporate circle-jerk here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-blocked-over-175-million-play-store-app-submissions-in-2025/

Just last week some luser came crying to me because their phone was “acting weird” after installing “Super Clean Master Pro Ultra” from a Facebook ad. I asked if they read the permissions. They said, “What’s a permission?” I explained it’s that thing they mindlessly tapped “Accept” on seventeen times while drooling on their screen. Then I wiped their phone and billed them four hours for “remedial intelligence services.” They thanked me. They always fucking thank me.

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