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wahnfriedentoday at 3:32 PM1 replyview on HN

> Why do App Store customers have any need to contact the underlying developers in this scenario?

The EU decided so, and Apple didn't require this before EU did


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berkestoday at 3:50 PM

I find this hard to believe, since Google Play store requires much less info, and doesn't disclose it to consumers (AFAIK).

Did the EU specifically demand this from Apple? Did they specifically require that consumers must be able to contact developers?

Or is this another "spin" by Apple to make the EU look bad when it imposes consumer protection that is bad for Apples revenue? Like they did with "chargers", "cables" and like the ad- and surveillance-industry has done quite successfully with their "spin" on the GDPR (making it seem like the EU or GDPR requires cookie banners - which it doesnt)

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