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[return to "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"]
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1. sltkr+Tz[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:28:26
>>kotaKa+(OP)
This is what Apple already does, isn't it? Why wouldn't it work for Google too?
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2. indror+WB[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:41:24
>>sltkr+Tz
Apple requires you to get a developer account with them.

Nowhere does that require you to go and get a DUNS number, which is onerous for a single developer to do without the infrastructure of a company.

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3. andyfe+lE[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:53:52
>>indror+WB
Never heard of DUNS. It seems to be a US company *Dun & Bradstreet) that provides business intelligence.

It seems kind of odd to me to rely on some kind of external hidden "credit agency"-style company for this? And why would DUNS want to know about some kid in their basement in Bangledesh making (non-malicious) apps, and why would the kid want Dun & Bradstreet to know about them? It makes no sense at all.

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