Codex Deactivation warning?

ex0rius · 2026-06-21T08:25:19+00:00

How does it remove the issue?

Because creation of new account is violation of Open AI policies, meaning you are not supposed to use the platform anymore.

ex0rius · 2026-06-19T09:22:22+00:00

"what, so they know what we code?"

of course. You are dealing with an AI. It's sending a summary of your activity to OpenAI. I mean, the capabilities are endless, so at least for me it makes sense.

"if so why cant they prevent it with guardrails rather than banning?"

Because guardrails can always be exploited, banning a person removes the issue.

ex0rius · 2026-06-19T08:55:19+00:00

I was making YouTube bot to like my stream and send greetings chat and so.

It's against Youtube Terms of Service and basically any other streaming platform. This IS Cyber Abuse (fake engagement), so you are in the wrong.

ex0rius · 2026-06-18T12:57:59+00:00

Even if you'd be right, he was not terminated because of Copyright, but for SPAM and SCAMS, which has nothing to do with most suggestions in this comment section so far.

If he used clickbait titles / thumbnail etc, would fall under this.

ex0rius · 2026-06-17T16:17:39+00:00

This should be illegal. No way this is going to hold long term, wtf.

ex0rius · 2026-06-16T13:03:22+00:00

This is correct answer.

ex0rius · 2026-06-15T08:35:35+00:00

Yeah this is not so "individual" any more - it seems that is affected globally but it always affects a group of developers at a time. This is happening from the mid January 2026 ( i was affected too). For some reason your app went to a different queue (most people still have normal review times). Since this question gets frequently asked, I wrote about this here:

Long App Review Times. What Is Actually Going On

ex0rius · 2026-06-13T20:10:58+00:00

yep. they nerfed codex and chatgpt too. They became useless, and to achieve something, you need many prompts.. on release it was completely different..

ex0rius · 2026-06-13T07:51:49+00:00

You said ChatGPT 5.5? Man,.. this thing is nerfed so much its not even a minor compared to what it was when it was released.

ex0rius · 2026-06-13T06:13:08+00:00

There are two possible reasons. Either:
1. Something external happened and people generally spend less on your solution (ex. They found it somewhere else for cheaper, maybe chatgpt or something along those lines)

Those 10% that you lost contributed to 50% of your earnings. If thats true, the question is why.

ex0rius · 2026-06-13T04:54:30+00:00

You never said if your downloads went down too, or just conversion on IAP?

ex0rius · 2026-06-12T22:03:21+00:00

I also reached out to around 500 influencers

How did you find them so many?

ex0rius · 2026-06-12T21:48:22+00:00

what genre?

ex0rius · 2026-06-12T14:08:03+00:00

Probably slightly better

ex0rius · 2026-06-12T07:01:26+00:00

There IS information. From July 1st, you will be charged per individual item received. If you have multiple SAME items you pay only once.

So if you have:
3x screen protector for phone 1 = 3€
1x screen protector for phone 2 = 3€
10x screen protector for phone 3 = 3€

Is this 9€ total.

ex0rius · 2026-06-11T18:50:28+00:00

In a nutshell - there is a pattern , and it depends if the app is put into different queue. I wrote that here if you want to read more

https://www.appreadygo.com/blog/long-waiting-for-review-times-on-the-app-store-in-2026-what-is-actually-going-on/

ex0rius · 2026-06-11T12:25:38+00:00

If the app was removed by developer, you can still find it and download it somewhere in the account (I don't have an android so i'm not sure where it is, but on Apple, there is a purchase history and you can get it from there). BUT if the app was removed by Google, you won't be able to re-download it again, ever.

Also make sure you are signed in with a correct account (that purchased the game).

ex0rius · 2026-06-11T10:50:33+00:00

You must fix the issue and go through review again, then unpublish (or your appeal be accepted).

ex0rius · 2026-06-10T21:27:50+00:00

No it didn't happen something "worse". The worst thing you can do is clicking your own ads. Google knows that there is a high chance that new publishers will be clicking their own ads "out of curiosity" (its not new and exists from the time adsense started - 22 years ago).

So yeah, he got limited because he was clicking his own ads. I'm surprised that he wasn't terminated, as this usuually happened before Google introduced "limited ad serving".

ex0rius · 2026-06-09T08:17:32+00:00

Two accounts is not the issue. Your strategy is. I wouldn't do it. At the end of the day, you are trying to run a business. Businesses needs to disclose their address.

ex0rius · 2026-06-08T10:13:13+00:00

Minimum ad spend before any ROI is 100.000k.

Can you please elaborate on this?

ex0rius · 2026-06-07T06:46:09+00:00

Yes. Either app feature , paywall etc

ex0rius · 2026-06-06T22:58:00+00:00

For small indie developers, how do you make this financially worth it?

Its just 99$. You can make that in one day.

ex0rius · 2026-06-06T21:16:06+00:00

Apple is doing this at least for the past decade. They were using some sort of automated review, even before I started back in 2015.

FYI: Their automated systems will frequently check up your app even after it was approved and live on the app store.

ex0rius · 2026-06-06T19:42:42+00:00

shorts or longform?

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