While true, it'll all irrelevant to this topic as this trader rule isn't even a part of the DMA.
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Developers Must Share Phone Number and Address on EU App Store to Meet 'Trader' Requirement Starting in October
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While true, it'll all irrelevant to this topic as this trader rule isn't even a part of the DMA.
You need one in my red-as-can-be midwest state, too, for any yard/garage sale, and no more than two per year per address. Absolutely no one follows it, ever, unless it's a neighborhood sale, but it's technically the law.
Easy to tell people they need to pay for a separate mailbox, pay lawyers to make an LLC, pay for another phone number, etc… it makes sense when you are big enough but it increases the barrier for someone to start and this stifles innovation.
Indeed, privacy is a human right in EU.
Businesses on the other hand do not have privacy as a right.
You don't need a lawyer to start LLC. You are not required to rent mailbox and phone either, if you make choice to mix business with personal stuff.
So, I lose the right to privacy if I sell something? Seems like a pretty useless right.
I created an LLC for myself when I was in college. No lawyer or help needed and a one-time $40 filling fee.
That's all, and it's the same price today.
The points remains.. these are real barriers. When people start out, they don’t have the funds to do all these things. They want to build a useful app and get it out there.
I don't think you understand the legal liability you're leaving yourself open to if you don't. All you're assets, money, investments, car, house, etc. are in play if anyone, or any company/organization, goes after your app legally.
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I have to have my name on the door bell, why shouldn’t a business have to show its details on the „store front“ as well.
I guess it’s like an imprint on websites. Must be easy to contact someone and helps to confirm the legitimacy of a business?
Well no, a business is nether a person nor a human so can’t have that right.
Selling something doesn’t take this right away. But the entity that is engaging in commerce isn’t protected.
if you have nothing to lose, maybe not a big deal. If something really bad happens just file bankruptcy ...
I’m not sure what part of “not everyone sellling is a business” is eluding you and everyone else.
You don’t have to be a business to sell on the App Store you can be an individual. This law helps no one and only hurts the indies.
Except "the entity" and the individual can be the exact same thing.
I wonder if a UPS/FedEx/PakMail/Etc store box number and a google voice number would be allowed?
"I have to have my name on the door bell" what???
In Germany yes. We don’t have Apartment numbers.
I agree, but if you’re selling things in Target aren’t a citizen but a business doing commerce.
Yes and this is a legitimate company. Your company doesn’t need to have the same phone number, adress or other contact information
Yea in any apartment you must have your name on the door/ mailbox in Sweden as well
Did you bother to read what I wrote? I'm not referring to "a legitimate company". I'm referring to an actual, individual person who posts an app for sale, perhaps as a hobby.
How do you identify where someone lives (e.g., for mail/package delivery) if there happens to be more than one person in an apartment building with the same name?