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>>kotaKa+(OP)
This is what Apple already does, isn't it? Why wouldn't it work for Google too?

>>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.

>>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.

>>andyfe+lE
Yeah, basically this is the rise of computer-credit agencies.

Youc an see the zeitgeist forming around corporations wanting to lock out any small unlicensed company from working on phones.

The key is mostly fascism in the guise of "security". Witness stuff like the ICE tracker app. Google would love a way to freeze out both it's appearance on the app store and any developer who'd program similar.