Google has removed several ad-blocking apps from Google Play and sent letters to the developers explaining that they were breaking one of the rules. Section 4.4 of the Play store developer distribution agreement says:

“You agree that you will not engage in any activity with the Market, including the development or distribution of Products, that interferes with, disrupts, damages, or accesses in an unauthorized manner the devices, servers, networks, or other properties or services of any third party including, but not limited to, Android users, Google or any mobile network operator. You may not use customer information obtained from the Market to sell or distribute Products outside of the Market”.

It seems that after Google announced it was closing down 70 services including Google Reader (which is criminal) it is still on the war path.

Don’t anyone tell me Google is open and Apple is a closed walled garden. That is so not the case anymore. Google is slowly but surely shutting down the hatches.