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Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by colechristensen on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @06:53PM (#43851606)
> I don't really want to put my name and address up on apps I throw up on the store

As a customer I really want the ability to sue someone who does me wrong, call them out publicly, or at least avoid their products. In no way is it reasonable that someone should want to stay anonymous while selling me something (or profiting off of it in one way or another). I really don't see a reason to make an exception for people who have free+offline+etc apps.

You're publishing software, you need to be identifiable.

Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by xdfgh1112 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:28PM (#43851866)
This punishes the people who release apps for free or open source. For the money generating app farms it doesn't slow them down at all.
Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by umbra07 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:42PM (#43852835)
> You're publishing software, you need to be identifiable.

"Because I want to be able to sue you" is not a particularly compelling line of reasoning for legislating incredibly invasive laws.

Re:Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last ... by hulitu on Thursday May 01, 2025 @09:28AM (#43857393)
> As a customer I really want the ability to sue someone who does me wrong,

John Doe ?