Open-source apps removed from Google Play Store due to donation links

Post by briandear » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:15 PM UTC

helpPeople wrote: post #298

dessant wrote: post #292

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Open source developers shouldn't be forced to lock away additional functionality in their apps, or resort to special tricks just to be able to receive donations for their projects. Google could make a positive impact by introducing new features that help users seamlessly fund their favourite open source apps, right from their Google accounts. GitHub has recently introduced a similar initiative called GitHub Sponsors…

Completely agree. I do not want to restrict any users. Annoying how hard it is to be independent of FAANG control.

Post by mschuster91 » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:18 PM UTC

dogma1138 wrote: post #304

lightedman wrote: post #249

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Yes, it does actually. Article 22 of the GDPR covers this. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/

GDPR doesn't cover apps, or organizations a data subject can only be an individual.

Post by panopticon » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:22 PM UTC

RedComet wrote: post #309

Ah yes, the multi-billion dollar megacorp trying to prevent goodwill donations. Dear regulators: BREAK UP GOOGLE.

Post by lm28469 » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:24 PM UTC

Santosh83 wrote: post #307

lm28469 wrote: post #258

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Yes, and this is the real issue to me. The end user having a computer science PhD or not won't change that.

How is that? If more 'ordinary' people understood that the only functional encryption is one that is resistant to MitM etc., and the undesirability of implementing backdoors, even for ostensibly legitimate reasons, there would be far more pressure on legislators to not keep advancing these proposals than there is now.

Post by dessant » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

krn wrote: post #340

dessant wrote: post #235

Google Play In-app Billing does not support donations [1], so open source developers should be allowed to link to their own donation pages. Google Play policies do not spell out that linking to donation platforms such as Patreon is forbidden. Disallowing developers from using in-app billing for donations, while also barring them from linking to external donation platforms, puts open source projects in a difficult pos…

> Disallowing developers from using in-app billing for donations, while also barring them from linking to external donation platforms, puts open source projects in a difficult position, and appears to be overly hostile towards funding open source development. Google Play has been very clear about this[1]: > Fund solicitations > Examples: Donation solicitations from parties without a valid 501(c)(3) tax exempt status…