I have an nVidia Shield “Tube” model which I use to stream content. Among the apps which I currently have installed are SmartTube (much better than the official YouTube app for Android TV), IPTV Extreme Pro (my go-to IPTV viewer for my Eternal TV subscription), VLC, and TeaTV. I also have an alternative app store installed: Aptoide TV.

I also had Cyberflix installed on my nVidia Shield. When I woke up this morning, I noticed Cyberflix was not listed on my app list, and when I checked the list of installed apps on my settings, it was gone.

I checked my notifications, and I discovered that the app been “disabled” by Play Protect.

Bullshit. If the app had been disabled, it would have been shown listed in my installed apps on settings and allow me to enable the app.

So what will happen if Google decides to delete, or in their terms, “disable” Aptoide TV, aa they also list it as a “harmful” app per Play Protect?

What if they decide that SmartTube is a “harmful app” and “disable” it per Play Protect?

Or…what if they get pressured by the entertainment industry into removing IPTV Extreme Pro – which I purchased – from the Play Store and use Play Protect to “disable” it?

Its kind of telling that Google says Aptoide TV is a “harmful” app, yet they have no problem with Chinese “fake money game” apps such as “Pin Pull Winner” and “Word Rambler” which trick people into thinking they can win real money by having gullible dupes into giving them their PayPal email addresses so their PayPal accounts can get hacked and bleed their PayPal accounts and any attached bank accounts dry.

Its quite telling that Google protects the interests of Chinese scammers – using the aforementioned “fake money game” apps – while apps which are totally harmless get the ban hammer.

I wonder how long before Google decides that my cusstom-made Banned.Video[1] app is “harmful” and must be “disabled”.

[1] https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/5eglvuo18lanfmm/BANNEDdotVIDEO.apk/file