Last year Google started requiring every new personal Play Console account to run a closed test with 12 testers for 14 straight days before you can publish. I watched a bunch of indie devs (myself included) get stuck here — finding 12 *real* testers who stay opted in for two weeks is brutal. The usual "fix" is a swap group where testers install your app, open it once, and disappear — or paid bot installs. You get no real feedback, and Google can flag that fake-looking activity....