Google Play to Require Physical Address for App Details

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Moru

Something to be aware of. Make sure your users don't get upset with you or your games :-)

http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/09/19/133213

spacefractal

its a real bullshit and very much privary concern against indie developher. That means im need to remove all paid and in app purchases in my games, since my  games was created in a private home. So im wont do that.

Im do still update Android Storekit to newset version, but can no longer checking its will works, since im dosent support it. Howover there is many other appstore than Google Play (which the storekit also supports).
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erico

What problem would having an address generates?
Even being a private add, I don´t see much problem.

Ian Price

It's a public address that's displayed to the whole world. Meaning that potentially anybody that buys your game could end up on your doorstep and give you grief (or a bunch of flowers - hey it's a funny old world!).
I came. I saw. I played.

spacefractal

Yes, im dosent like that change and then im no longer support Google Play inapp purchases anymore. This is the most stupid change im have any seen and they dosent care about privacy anymore.

So im remove all inapp purchase in both Greedy Mouse and Karma Miwa and they now live with ads. By now its uses Google service, but sooner or later im will change the service too to a another ads service.
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spacefractal

Im would not have issue if Google did have my private adress, but im dont want it show it public in the Google Play. They just forget not all selling there is company, but have many private developers out here....

Due that (thaks Moro to let me know), Im have allready uploaded Genius Greedy Mouse v3.1, which have removed all inapp checking support and using ads instead (even for purchased costumers, but im have no other choices here). its was easy in this one, since its allready used ads.

In the next few days, im will do the same with Karma Miwa (which still not have integrated ads).

Howover its a easy choice what im do with Spot Race. Im not sure im want it on Google Play at all now. But let see. Im first look on that after the iOS release.

Howover im do still looking for updating StoreKit to the newest version, simply because its now support quite many appstores.
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erico

hmmm, maybe we can use the guy next door´s address... =D

spacefractal

Im remember Gernot have some sort a payment issue and forced to sell from Amazon now.

Property im should do the same?

Im have dedicated all my games on Google Play will now been free with ads, and you wont possible to remove the ads, even some might have purchased it. Later im look how Amazon works. When im sell it from there, im might sell the games there as premium. That means people would have the choice how to get the app....
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MrTAToad

It might be time to start using alternative Android stores...

spacefractal

Amazon :-).

We can still do free with ads without require the physical adress. So its a another reason to look on Android Extras, who do uses Google Admob (which im of course mightbeen should change here, but its a different story) with fullscreen ads. This is what im will do now :-).
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mentalthink

Well put the adrees of your best Friend(enemy).... Out jokes I think this it's another shit for developers, I do my games in Home and I don't like to anyone and minus the public know my Adress.

The next will be Apple, if Android did it, apple have free way to done too...

spacefractal

Look like my issue mightbeen fixed to override this one. My brother say to me today there is possible to have a postal where your address not been shown. this sound like a good work around idea. Not sure how this works, but I'm tell later about it.
Genius.Greedy Mouse - Karma Miwa - Spot Race - CatchOut - PowerUp Elevation - The beagle Jam - Cave Heroes 2023 - https://spacefractal.itch.io/

erico

Like a postal box maybe?

I don´t see much problem with my address in public at all, but maybe that is because I live by myself?
If we were on the ´letter´ days maybe spam would suck, but otherwise, unless google play states I have a million (which if that was the case I would get a commercial address) I really would not bother.

spacefractal

its a privary concern, its have pross and cons. If im did have a company adress, im would not mind it at all and happy would uses that. But im will not let anything known my private adress.

Actuelly if a people purchased the game, they would got the adress as well, but that would not expose directly on the details screen. Im thinks its should have done that way, so its only did happens after the previous rules.
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MrPlow

Guys,

What is the situation with regards sales tax - do we need to set it up per app or if we leave it alone will Google do that for us?!
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