alt Hacker NewsI 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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> I find this hard to believe, since Google Play store requires much less info, and doesn't disclose it to consumers (AFAIK).
This changed recently.
I'm not published in Google Play and don't have Android to check for myself, but when I look it up, I find claims that they do publish names and addresses for paid apps / apps with in-app purchases, due to the same EU law.
I'm pretty sure the Google Play Store does require this. I remember a few years ago (no longer at the company) having to verify a phone number and maybe address that is posted publicly.