La face SOMBRE du GOOGLE PLAY STORE - SOURCE

La face SOMBRE du GOOGLE PLAY STORE - SOURCE

-> Intro Realm of Pixel
https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/1in16kj/realm_of_pixel_is_out_today_any_thoughts
https://www.darkpattern.games/game/42707/0/realms-of-pixel.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/seaofstars/comments/1iyh9yb/found_this_ad_on_youtube_its_blatantly_stolen
https://youtu.be/ZGN9UXa_z0U
https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialsIHate/comments/1mnc750/realm_of_pixel_reddit_what_the_actual_hell_are/?tl=fr
https://youtu.be/xq9fV1DaKB4
https://andrewzuo.com/publishing-on-google-play-is-officially-a-nightmare-28cbef6e4553
https://medium.com/@sphinxshivraj/the-cost-to-publish-an-app-on-google-play-vs-the-apple-store-76a576f5f58d
https://www.spaceotechnologies.com/blog/cost-to-put-app-on-app-store
https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/google-play-store-massive-ad-scam-tech-giant-removes-over-180-fake-apps-all-you-need-to-know-article-118774669
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/labs/malicious-google-play-apps-bypassed-android-security

-> Début de l'enquête
https://www.statista.com/statistics/692559/leading-mobile-games-publishers-google-play-world-revenue
https://www.statista.com/statistics/271674/top-apps-in-google-play-by-revenue/?srsltid=AfmBOoqrluGBJG8sQd1GmUps9Ike4hvqhsP5BjsgC0vTP69jV4Nllh5C
https://revenue.ennead.cc/revenue
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/niko-partners-genshin-impact-surpasses-5-billion-on-mobile-in-china/#:~:text=HoYoverse%27s%20RPG%20giant%20Genshin,China%2C%20according%20to%20Niko%20Partners.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/japan
https://appinchina.co/blog/google-play-store-in-china-everything-you-need-to-know/#:~:text=Google%20Play%20Store%20has%20been,the%20government%27s%20internet%20censorship%20policies.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskChina/comments/1extgqg/why_was_google_banned_in_china
https://www.examinechina.com/android-in-china/#:~:text=China%20is%20the%20world%27s%20largest,have%20Google%20service%20pre-installed.
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/10804-microsoft-employees-in-china-banned-from-using-android-phones
https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/china-says-no-limits-on-googles-android-if-it-follows-laws-idUS235654164
https://appinchina.co/blog/google-play-store-in-china-everything-you-need-to-know/#:~:text=Google%20initially%20operated%20in%20China,mainland%20China%20without%20technical%20workarounds.
https://sensortower.com/blog/top-10-worldwide-mobile-games-by-revenue-and-downloads-in-october-2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kings-candy-crush-saga-hits-20bn-in-lifetime-revenue

-> Clone sur mobile
https://fr.scribd.com/document/816640114/Poppy-Playtime-lawsuit-via-Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/news/510282/poppy-playtime-lawsuit-scam-games-google
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/poppy-playtime-dev-sues-google-over-counterfeit-scam-versions-of-its-games/1100-6528890
https://gamalytic.com/game/1721470
https://medium.com/@emilysgarcia02/poppys-playtime-is-a-great-indie-horror-game-e58e2ebf97b2
https://thewarriormessenger.com/19444/showcase/why-poppy-playtime-has-the-best-lore
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoppyPlaytime/comments/1hyvylc/the_biggest_reason_poppy_playtime_got_popular
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoppyPlaytime/comments/qvtsnq/can_someone_tell_me_how_poppy_playtime_blew_up_or
https://www.reddit.com/r/ParentingFR/comments/vu5z4k/cest_quoi_huggy_wuggy_le_phénomène_qui_terrorise
https://www.reddit.com/r/DanielTigerConspiracy/comments/whvevy/anyone_elses_kids_strangely_obsessed_with_huggy
https://screenrant.com/poppy-playtime-huggy-wuggy-monster-kids-popular-toys
https://scalacube.com/blog/news/poppy-playtime-developer-sues-google
https://appmagic.rocks/publisher/daigo-game-2020-lnc/1_Daigo%20Game%202020%20lnc
https://appstorespy.com/android-google-play/7032548741776496700-apps-statistics-revenue-downloads-country
https://youtu.be/YK__5RbzucI
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/01/31/new-york-times-wordle-word-game-puzzle
https://www.engadget.com/wordle-clones-app-store-232042208.html
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-booted-wordle-copycat-apps-but-more-will-come
https://www.pcgamer.com/guy-brags-about-ripping-off-wordle-and-charging-for-it-gets-blasted-off-twitter
https://blog.avast.com/fraudulent-minecraft-apps-on-google-play-avast
https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/hiddenads-spread-via-android-gaming-apps-on-google-play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Legends%3A_Bang_Bang
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/ufa7q6/my_game_got_copied_changed_and_uploaded_to_google
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/a-big-scam-company-just-stole-my-whole-game-a-backrooms-indie-dev-has-been-forced-to-seek-legal-help-after-someone-took-their-game-off-steam-and-uploaded-it-to-the-nintendo-store
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-store-clone-problem-942842
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/08/08/a-photo-retrospective-of-the-games-developers-claim-zynga-has-cloned
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ovgaw/zynga_blatantly_plagiarizes_tiny_tower_tiny_tower
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/08/10/clone-wars-zynga-vs-ea-and-the-baffling-laziness-of-copycat-games
https://www.eurogamer.net/another-developer-accuses-zynga-of-game-cloning
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/zynga-accused-of-cloning-hit-indie-iphone-game-i-tiny-tower-i-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_clone#New_developments_(2012–present)
https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/16/5416774/apple-and-google-fighting-flappy-bird-clones
https://www.eurogamer.net/palworld-warns-of-app-store-clone-that-could-risk-your-personal-data
https://sensortower.com/blog/2025-q1-unified-top-5-moba-revenue-europe-6040a6f5241bc16eb8a537f2
https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/685739/riot-lance-un-proces-contre-les-createurs-de-mobile-legends.htm
https://www.gamesider.com/jeux-video/mobile-legends-le-jeu-mobile-qui-copie-grossierement-sur-league-of-legends_art16182.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/um36hi/riot_suing_mobile_legends_again_after_they/?tl=fr
https://www.rtbf.be/article/mobile-legends-bang-bang-quand-la-copie-mobile-de-league-of-legends-domine-wild-rift-11399812
https://app2top.com/news/riot-games-and-moonton-settled-the-league-of-legends-plagiarism-dispute-eight-years-later-265223.html


-> Les faux avis
https://www.tekrevol.com/blogs/mobile-app-download-statistics
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/number-of-google-play-store-apps
https://scaleupally.io/blog/google-play-store-statistics
https://litslink.com/blog/how-many-apps-are-in-the-google-play-store
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9898684
https://www.statista.com/statistics/266210/number-of-available-applications-in-the-google-play-store/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year
https://montrealethics.ai/labor-and-fraud-on-the-google-play-store-the-case-of-install-incentivizing-apps
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2024/08/31/fake-ai-generated-reviews-flooding-app-stores
https://fortune.com/2024/08/29/generative-ai-fake-reviews-bad-apps
https://youtu.be/U1-iNSupadE
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/03/08/aggressive-ad-displaying-google-play-app-tricks-users-leaving-high-ratings
https://www.alchemer.com/resources/blog/fake-reviews-google-play-apple-app-store
https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/stephanie-grammond/201510/17/01-4910921-bell-et-la-desinformation-populaire-planifiee.php
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/zoom-zoom-zen/zoom-zoom-zen-du-jeudi-25-janvier-2024-1862289
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/avisa-partners-la-manipulation-de-l-information-made-in-france-9400223
https://romain-darriere.fr/usecase/faux-avis-denigrants-sur-google-l-auteure-identifiee-et-condamnee-a-7-000-e
www.androidpolice.com/2012/04/02/a-hundred-5-star-reviews-for-150-or-how-cheaters-game-the-android-play-store-using-mechanical-turk/
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/apple-app-store-and-google-play-flooded-with-fake-reviews-aEA138U8bUw6
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/apple-app-store-and-google-play-flooded-with-fake-reviews-aEA138U8bUw6
https://www.androidauthority.com/play-store-fake-review-problem-1082191/
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/making-ratings-and-reviews-better-for.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/fqpmx3/if_you_wonder_how_bad_games_good_reviews
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/dfehn7/are_google_play_reviews_broken_beyond_repair
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/eo2pfn/google_play_rating_manipulation_just_me_going_down
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/25/despite-googles-elaborate-algorithms-its-still-too-easy-to-manipulate-play-store-ratings
https://appradar.com/academy/app-reviews-and-ratings
https://medium.com/@nik.kraljevic/google-play-reviews-stuck-in-progress-for-a-long-time-42782e8d8629
https://statusbrew.com/insights/remove-bad-reviews-from-google-play-store
https://www.techradar.com/news/googles-deleted-millions-of-fake-reviews-from-the-play-store-in-the-past-week
https://wccftech.com/google-just-deleted-millions-of-fake-play-store-ratings-in-one-week
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shouldnt-trust-app-ratings-google-play
https://www.phonandroid.com/google-met-fin-aux-faux-avis-et-fausses-notes-sur-le-play-store.html
https://www.frandroid.com/android/applications/google-apps/394128_google-soccupe-enfin-des-faux-avis-sur-le-play-store
https://www.quora.com/Are-the-reviews-and-ratings-of-apps-in-the-Google-Play-Store-legit-or-a-scam
www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjc3-ioqOyQAxW1Q6QEHY09NdQQFnoECCAQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.google.com%2Fgoogleplay%2Fanswer%2F2853570%3Fhl%3Den%26co%3DGENIE.Platform%253DAndroid%23%3A~%3Atext%3DGoogle%2520explicitly%2520prohibits%2520fake%2520or%2Cmislead%2520users%2520or%2520manipulate%2520ratings.&usg=AOvVaw1m7zXBGkdIG1yYgqZOK06J&opi=89978449
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/05/whats-new-in-play.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/if5l7h/google_play_ratings_are_not_average_based_and
https://www.xda-developers.com/european-regulation-could-force-apple-google-fairer-app-developers/
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/if5l7h/google_play_ratings_are_not_average_based_and
https://www.androidpolice.com/play-store-review-search
https://www.01net.com/actualites/google-affiche-enfin-des-notes-correspondant-a-votre-smartphone-et-votre-pays-sur-le-play-store.html
https://www.androidpolice.com/google-play-store-discoverability-searching-bad

-> Les pubs
https://youtu.be/KL6hI-n3CW0
https://youtu.be/6Ooqx3VG4B4
https://youtu.be/mlh24BnhKmo
https://youtu.be/11wqviWwZf4
https://youtu.be/TtGdo3ucvzc
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
https://www.reddit.com/r/HeroWarsApp/comments/j9x2br/why_are_the_hero_wars_ads_so_misleading/
https://www.splicetoday.com/consume/the-weird-world-of-hero-wars-ads-sex-sells
https://android-mt.ouest-france.fr/news/last-war-est-il-un-jeu-fake-non-juste-nul/157041
https://www.howtogeek.com/i-played-the-worst-mobile-games-from-those-fake-ads-so-you-dont-have-to
https://www.blog.udonis.co/mobile-marketing/mobile-games/mobile-game-ads-memes
https://www.blog.udonis.co/mobile-marketing/mobile-games/homescapes-analysis
https://www.blog.udonis.co/mobile-marketing/mobile-games/fake-mobile-game-ads
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/game-publisher-caught-using-ai-generated-influencers-in-ads-says-they-were-submitted-by-tiktok-users-will-investigate-irregularities-with-the-social-media-app
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheFirstDescendant/comments/1mrtayp/the_ai_ads_are_worse_than_you_think/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&embed_host_url=https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/game-publisher-caught-using-ai-generated-influencers-in-ads-says-they-were-submitted-by-tiktok-users-will-investigate-irregularities-with-the-social-media-app
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/they-stole-my-face-streamer-claims-the-first-descendant-ads-used-ai-to-make-it-look-like-hes-promoting-it
https://yourstory.com/2024/08/ugly-truth-mobile-game-ads
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/30/18044678/kids-apps-gaming-manipulative-ads-ftc
https://www.thegamer.com/someone-made-the-mobile-game-from-those-fake-ads
https://youtu.be/gd4hpNKmDoI
https://sensortower.com/blog/top-10-worldwide-mobile-games-by-revenue-and-downloads-in-october-2025

-> Les Dark Pattern
https://www.patreon.com/posts/non-sims-related-113634479?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
https://youtu.be/GoDykTdYb38
https://www.darkpattern.games/game/285/0/raid-shadow-legends.html
https://youtu.be/0fTk85x59M0
https://youtu.be/keoRX-Lni5s
https://youtu.be/mlh24BnhKmo
https://youtu.be/xNjI03CGkb4
https://youtu.be/NhajAqI66nU
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/how-free-to-play-and-in-game-purchases-took-over-video-games.html
https://medium.com/@mornevisagie/digital-deception-examining-the-rising-trend-of-fraud-in-the-mobile-video-game-space-61275a8299b1
https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/jamanetworkopen/938925/zoi220514f2_1654814846.50988.png?Expires=1766241706&Signature=hMeTQu0TQJXEcHzO-CtDFW-B0crr2Xd-Fxu2gkcxVN42qfwwS0igO7jTizfvbIvqgreRPja7L04Uit1BSPiBeqrVJyYKx2CIexMp3CJ4eFkqVdKSwvSHzaZ43mQP0rsTqwRQbbrq1JcrMS2P02SA4DXL-DkbpeSfOxJqY8x-StDhz6iWxCMcXu7iZIT76Lpyt7giQkUSruy0iOZ6CAnQsbn0kP9hawFetb1Vw-XdUThkxzebTpKFVQdtmVgaLF-mTghDADJGtj1MU8dlMMcpkwhykhheHqJY2LSn1XeolSZ6Un~XMJw4O4nxcd1IMJ2i4bdlMcZXZz2n3PSLrEAO4A__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2793493
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/04/ftc-fines-kids-app-developer-hyperbeard-150k-for-use-of-third-party-ad-trackers/
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2020/06/developer-apps-popular-children-agrees-settle-ftc-allegations-it-illegally-collected-kids-data
https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3491102.3502056
https://www.reddit.com/r/HeroWarsApp/comments/txfljl/hero_wars_a_game_designed_to_exploit_players
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-man-whos-spent-70-000-playing-a-mobile-game-1521107255#:~:text=Sony%27s%20mobile%20role-playing%20game,Sony%27s%20most%20profitable%20game%20ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fxfuWhff0

-> Les Crypto
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera-gx&q=Crypto+game+in+google+play+store&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
https://youtu.be/RBguYgFQWCM
https://youtu.be/xiXvfqFp-UY
https://www.phonandroid.com/google-porte-plainte-contre-deux-arnaqueurs-qui-ont-utilise-le-play-store-pour-gagner-des-millions-deuros.html
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-store-crypto-scams-857543
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Google-allow-money-making-games-on-the-Play-Store-when-its-well-known-they-are-all-scams
https://www.quora.com/Does-Google-Play-get-a-percentage-of-the-revenue-from-in-app-purchases
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/11131145?hl=en#zippy=%2Chow-much-is-the-service-fee%2Cwant-to-learn-more-about-partnering-with-google%2Cwho-is-subject-to-the-service-fee%2Cwhat-does-the-service-fee-pay-for%2Cwhat-value-do-developers-get-from-google-play%2Care-all-developers-subject-to-a-service-fee
https://www.boomlive.in/decode/aviator-youtubers-ai-meta-boost-an-illegal-game-india-28143
https://newschecker.in/ai-deepfake/deepfake-video-of-anant-ambani-promoting-gaming-app-goes-viral
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mrbeast-casino-app-the-beast-plinko

-> Malware & Arnaque
https://www.wired.com/story/android-google-children-games
www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/14/online_video_games_a_new_cybercrime_battleground
https://www.ravelin.com/blog/gaming-the-real-cost-of-in-app-purchase-fraud
https://youtu.be/-5hWV3y2Juc
https://www.technewsworld.com/story/new-research-waves-red-flag-over-gaming-scams-aimed-at-kids-179408.html
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/threats-in-kids-gaming-worlds/#:~:text=In%20total%20more%20than%20878%2C000,peak%20in%202022%20was%20123%2C832.
https://www.eydle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Estimated-loss-value-of-mobile-fraud-worldwide-in-US-dollars.webp
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344668/revenue-video-game-worldwide/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380417/app-fraud-value-by-category/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/01/29/what-you-need-to-know-about-gaming-scams-targeting-children/
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202406/understanding-and-combating-online-gaming-fraud.
https://www.experian.com/blogs/insights/online-gaming-fraud/
https://shield.com/blog/3-types-of-fraud-on-gaming-apps
https://www.police.gov.sg/media-room/news/20221125_police_advisory_on_fake_online_platforms_selling_gaming_accounts
https://www.eydle.com/the-growing-video-game-industry-the-rise-of-scams
https://www.pcmag.com/news/these-are-the-games-malware-scammers-are-exploiting-most
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/labs/malicious-google-play-apps-bypassed-android-security
https://securitybrief.com.au/story/bitdefender-uncovers-massive-google-play-store-ad-fraud
https://blog.avast.com/premium-sms-scam-apps-on-play-store-avast
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/se8nwh/if_you_have_installed_any_of_the_470_infected
https://zimperium.com/blog/dark-herring-android-scamware-exceeds-100m-installations
https://blog.avast.com/mobile-banking-trojan-sneaks-into-google-play-targeting-wells-fargo-chase-and-citibank-customers
https://news.drweb.com/show/?i=14705&lng=en
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/fantasy-hub-is-spyware-for-rent-complete-with-fake-app-kits-and-support
https://www.wired.com/story/google-loan-apps-india-deaths/
https://www.medianama.com/2025/05/223-rbi-digital-lending-apps-centralised-directory/
https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/figure-9-1.png
https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/spyloan-a-global-threat-exploiting-social-engineering
https://www.globalsecuritymag.fr/etude-mcafee-progression-du-malware-spyloan-au-niveau-mondial.html
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9969955?hl=en
https://cybernews.com/security/hundreds-of-android-apps-caught-stealing-from-advertisers
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/03/05/googles-play-store-deletion-do-not-keep-all-these-apps-on-your-phone
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1j52l4w/google_confirms_mass_app_deletion_on_play_store
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-mass-app-deletion-underway-confirmed
https://www.frandroid.com/android/applications/google-play/1841739_le-google-play-store-na-pas-fini-de-se-battre-contre-le-fleau-des-fausses-applications
https://cyberscoop.com/play-store-adware-white-ops
https://en.softonic.com/articles/be-careful-what-you-download-from-the-google-play-store
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/google-removes-13-malware-apps-from-its-play-store-1395292-2018-11-24
https://securityaffairs.com/59601/malware/judy-malware-android.html
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/05/judy-malware-hidden-play-store-year.html
https://memeburn.com/2017/05/judy-google-play-android-malware
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