EU requires devs to include mailing address and phone nr on app store listings

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/03/15/dsa-mailing-address-phone-number

by st3fan • 2 years ago

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joak2• 2 years ago

I just found this clause but I don't even know if I'm "trader" or not.

But I'm not going to publish my personal address and phone number.

wdb2• 2 years ago

Nothing wrong with being able to contact a company. Sometimes it can be really difficult

joak2• 2 years ago

A lot of "companies" start as individual developers that don't want to have their personal address and phone number made public.

wdb2• 2 years ago

Sure, there are already plenty similar laws throughout countries in the EU. Like the Impressum law in Germany, Austria etc. That requires to include contact information on German commercial websites.

insin• 2 years ago

< 10% of people who use my (solo dev) published apps are in the EU, so if I don't provide the "Are you a trader?" information they're asking for, will the apps eventually just get de-listed in the EU?

I'll take that as a tradeoff for not having my name, home address and phone number all published together on the App Store

asdajksah21232• 2 years ago

What is incredible is that this makes the opposite point Gruber thinks he's making.

1. For legalese, the definition of "trader" is incredibly simple. 2. The definition of "trader" is a broad definition. It's up to specific service providers to explain to their users/customers/partners how that translates to their service.

The fact that Apple is willing to not make the minuscule effort to translate what the broader "trader" definition means in the context of the App Store, is evidence of the fact that they have a monopoly and they're not worried about competitors, so they can basically spit on the faces of their app developers just to spite the EU and not worry about any negative impact at all.

asdajksah21232• 2 years ago

The pearl clutching about having to provide your name and address is hilarious considering Apple already requires far more information to create an Apple Developer Account.

https://developer.apple.com/programs/enroll/

you’ll need to provide basic personal information, including your legal name and address.
If you’re enrolling your organization, you’ll need an Apple ID with two-factor authentication turned on, as well as the following to get started: A D-U-N-S® Number Legal Entity Status Legal Binding Authority A Website

Apple creates a scare page out of spite and the Apple fanbois fall right for it.

EU requires devs to include mailing address and phone nr on app store listings

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