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[return to "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"]
1. Dragon+FR[view] [source] 2025-08-25 23:16:06
>>kotaKa+(OP)
DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR ID/INFO TO GOOGLE. I put my game on their app store some years ago, and they doxxed me right on the app store. Google posted my name and home address right on the game page. Not great when I was already receiving death threats! Later on, had a rando show up at 3AM one night and had to call the cops out. I moved after that. Google is absolutely not to be trusted to keep this data confidential. If Google demands I do anything with them, I'll just tell my fans to install lineageos or whatever instead -- no way in hell I'm having ANYTHING to do with google ever again. GFY google!
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2. fluori+nU[view] [source] 2025-08-25 23:36:22
>>Dragon+FR
What do you mean by "Google posted my name and address"? How? Why?
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3. jadams+iV[view] [source] 2025-08-25 23:46:37
>>fluori+nU
If your app is monetized, the contact details of your "business" are shown in the play store. For many smaller developers, this will just be their home address.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thre...

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4. thenic+I02[view] [source] 2025-08-26 10:43:25
>>jadams+iV
This was not Google's decision, it was forced on them by the EU under their Digital Services Act:

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/17/developers-address-phone-numb...

The same thing was applied to the Apple store at the same time.

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5. kassne+m42[view] [source] 2025-08-26 11:14:16
>>thenic+I02
This directive only apply if you are trading (aka making money) with the app. Why does Google force-collect all this information when you can opt to not be a trader (no in-app purchases, no ads, etc)?
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