I know Google's policy on this, but I completely understand where the developer is coming from.

Google has been taking a collective shit on every developer out of its list of seller countries[0], which is ridiculously short and hasn't been expanded in god knows how long, and even then, there were only a handful of countries added.

On Google's page about seller countries they say: "We're working hard to add more countries, but we're unable to provide any guidance on timelines."

No, you're fucking not working hard, you added the last ones a year and a half ago. EU countries are missing, for fucks sake. These are countries where Android has 70, 80% of the market, and you're killing any sensible chance of developers making a living on mobile. And you're not allowing any other payment option, because hey, fuck the developers, they don't need to make a living.

And then you send me fucking developer feedback polls year after year, which you seemingly throw in the trash, because every single Android dev I know tells you the same damn thing, let us sell apps, everything else is irrelevant.

Wake the fuck up Google.

[0]https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...

ps. sorry for the language, this has been boiling for more than two years now...

I'm dismayed that this article portrays Julia so much as my creation and downplays the roles of Jeff and Viral – if anyone deserves the lion's share of the credit for the language, it's Jeff. I'm guessing this happened because I had a publication-quality photo available for use and told a relatable narrative in the interview we did, whereas Jeff stuck somewhat more to technical matters.

Oh, and Julia 1.0 hasn't been released yet. We're currently working on 0.3, which should be out in about a month.