Google Chrome Web Store, screw you.

August 8

I decided to make a Chrome extension for the first time in my life.

I had an interesting idea and wanted to let real users try it quickly.

August 9

A single day of non-stop coding and MVP is ready. Vanilla JS, non-obfuscated code, a small useful extension to make several people in this world a little bit happier.

I registered in Chrome Web Store, paid my 5 bucks, submitted my extension and started to wait.

August 10

I received a rejection.

Violation reference ID: Yellow Argon.

Oh gosh, did I break some serious rules? I have read terms of service carefully...

Violation: Short description is repeated in extension’s description.

Ah, I just accidentally copied short description text to long description field. Nothing serious. Resubmit!

August 19

Really?

Turns out, if you violate some of rules (yes, even accidentally copying description in the wrong field), your extension most likely will be flagged for manual review which takes up to several weeks, according to Web Store documentation, and up to several months according to Stack Overflow. It continues at least from 2014.

I believe this is deeply wrong.

I'm just a developer and I want to share my app with people. It can't be made with PWA, otherwise I wouldn't seek for so much trouble.

Google, please. Let people change the description within a day. I don't believe you have no people to read several lines of text. Don't punish developers for such a minor violation.

Thank you.