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The original was posted on /r/androiddev by /u/omniuni on 2024-09-20 17:46:12+00:00.

A post yesterday asked about an acquisition offer from a company called “rounds.com”.

One of the users mentioned in the comments:

I’m pretty sure they will contact you to remove your post, as every single post about “rounds.com” I read here ends up being removed by its author after a few days at most

I replied, specifically warning that should the post, with many useful replies be deleted, that I would ensure that “rounds.com” got all the attention they deserved. The post and user account has since been deleted, so here we are.

To highlight some of the tastiest morsels of wisdom from the comments:

[…] the terms of the contract they make you sign are pretty bad, for example you are responsible for any issue that may arise with the app, even after you transferred it.

They also request access to your Play console […] you will likely get banned as well (by association).

Off to a good start…

[“rounds.com” is …] an incredibly predatory company that aggressively buys up apps, removes everything that made them unique, and then adds a $14.99 per WEEK subscription (in many of their apps) to unlock most features. Also, they fill them to the brim with ads.

This is your reputation and by contract you have to support it, assuming it even manages to stay published.

They run many developer accounts on the Play Store [and] appear to have repeatedly uploaded the exact same apps

That’s multiple violations of the Play Store ToS.

after buying the app they just put tons of ads and subscription and completely destroy the minimum functionality of the app [… and …] they asked for keystore details also [… so that …] they can change the upload-key after transfer

More corroboration of their terrible practices.

So, please for the the sake of our wonderful community, do not do business with “rounds.com”.

If you have more personal experiences that you would like to share, please do so. Please feel free to be as honest and direct in your feedback to “rounds.com”, use a throwaway account if you would like. I will be treating “Rule 1” very liberally for this specific thread for the purpose of allowing “rounds.com” to receive direct and unfiltered feedback.

And yes, I am repeating “rounds.com” as much as possible so that this post will be easy to find when people search for them for information.