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Re:Google My Business becoming like Yelp in attempts to exto... by klyrs on Thursday December 24, 2020 @12:51AM (#25525354)
The alternatives seem to be "make your address visible to the world" or "pay us for an ad". Requiring address verification, and keeping that between google and the business in question, would probably be an acceptable middle ground for this business.
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Re:Google My Business becoming like Yelp in attempts to exto... by andromeduck on Thursday December 24, 2020 @06:00AM (#25526526)
Buisness contact information including addresses are very much not private information. You generally have to publicly disclose both when signing up for a licence.
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