Google is going to get into trouble in the E.U. for this ?
Num 3, I
hope so.
Even the last changes Google demanded for my developer account reached my pain threshold, to be honest. Google is completely shifting the responsibility for ‘its offers in the Playstore’ onto the developers and still wants to earn money with the apps offered in the Playstore. Well, you have to protect yourself. But if I have to upload a scan of my ID or passport for verification purposes, in which I'm not even allowed to partially and discreetly obscure really personal data, I'm forced to upload a bank statement or a copy of my rental contract, then that's definitely going too far. Google, on the other hand, cannot guarantee me that this sensitive data will be handled correctly. What's this rubbish?
Is it all just to increase the ‘security’ of the offers in the Playstore? Overall, the quality of the apps offered in the Playstore has suffered greatly in recent years and developers are leaving the platform in droves. One more step and I'll be gone too. Nobody is forced to continue to dance to the tune of this data octopus, which discriminates against developers with ever new regulations. The apps on offer in the Playstore are overloaded with adverts and in-app purchases. This is no longer a platform where I want to offer my apps that are programmed without adverts and in-app purchases. The spirit has been lost, it's just pure commerce. Not my thing.