It’s just not worth the effort. You’ll find out they have change their policies on something, and you’ll have to fix your app to suit. It’s an endless churn of busywork
My (admittedly limited) understanding is that the ID requirements aren’t entirely their fault. Know Your Customer laws have started requiring things like IDs, so it’s likely that lawmakers are to blame for that gripe.
Do you think the EU is immune to money laundering? Because that’s what KYC laws are meant to prevent. The EU absolutely has KYC laws to prevent money laundering.
Its still cheaper to publish on the play store (one time fee of $25), and iirc apks would still be installable with adb anyway.
Still a shitty thing to do
One time fee sure, and then they close your account for not pushing updates frequently enough…
I’m triggered.
Writing a privacy policy for an entirely off-line app was endlessly frustrating.
And it’s crazy that there is no validation of the policy, you can say what you want and then do anything you like…
Give them a pseudo update
It’s just not worth the effort. You’ll find out they have change their policies on something, and you’ll have to fix your app to suit. It’s an endless churn of busywork
and they started requiring government id in the us
My (admittedly limited) understanding is that the ID requirements aren’t entirely their fault. Know Your Customer laws have started requiring things like IDs, so it’s likely that lawmakers are to blame for that gripe.
even in the EU? that’s a bit hard to believe
Do you think the EU is immune to money laundering? Because that’s what KYC laws are meant to prevent. The EU absolutely has KYC laws to prevent money laundering.
but this is an app store, and their own policy, not a bank or other financial institution