Yes, Google's communication could be better here. I guess they just don't really care about explaining.
The reason still looks ridiculous to me -- but "dura lex, sed lex", and Google has to comply, and then so do we. But it makes me curious -- should I now expect users from Denmark or Greece to show on my doorstep, with their phones in hand, "see, this button doesn't work"? It's a long trip from there to Russia, and there are bears in the streets, dangerous :) It's not clear if Google will accept PO boxes here -- they don't for merchant account addresses -- so we'll see when there actually is a way to enter the address. Right now, it seems like there isn't, and my request for a clarification has not been answered (so far). -- K 2014-09-25 22:55 GMT+04:00 jtoolsdev <brianjto...@gmail.com>: > So if it has to do with European customer protection laws why don't they > just say so in the notification AND put a link the law? Or is that too > much work for them? There seems to be an attitude against people being > able to make money on their own and that you MUST work with a big company > in the 21st century. If you have to rent a mailbox then raise your prices > to pay for it and let the users know why. Everyone else is raising their > prices including your local sandwich shop. Yesterday's 99 cent app should > be $1.25 by now. > > On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 1:29:33 PM UTC-7, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: >> >> @Jose - I contacted Play support about it and they explained that it has >> to do with European customer protection laws, and there is no way they will >> make any exceptions. So I think you can forget about "reverted" too. >> >> @Noby - do you know if it should be under Business Information -> Public >> Profile -> Address, or under Legal profile -> Payee profile -> Address? >> I'll need to use different addresses there, for personal safety. >> >> -- K >> >> 2014-09-24 23:45 GMT+04:00 Nobu Games <dev.nob...@gmail.com>: >> >> As far as I know, the physical address has to be specified in your Google >>> Wallet Merchant <https://wallet.google.com/merchant/> account, that you >>> use for receiving payments from Google Play. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:38:24 PM UTC-5, Jose_GD wrote: >>>> >>>> I thinks this is another sign of the insanity a company can get when it >>>> grows too big... >>>> We are less than a week from the deadline and still it isn't possible >>>> to find the dreaded "Physical address" field in the already painful >>>> Developer Console (too be fair it got better in some aspects lately) >>>> >>>> Hope this crazy decision gets reverted in the following days >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> José >>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Jos%C3%A9+Go >>>> nz%C3%A1lez+D%27Amico >>>> >>>> >>>> El jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2014 03:13:56 UTC-3, nagamatu escribió: >>>>> >>>>> Dear Android Developers, >>>>> >>>>> I got the following notification at Google play Developer Console. >>>>> >>>>> | Add a physical contact address Beginning September 30, 2014, you >>>>> need to add a physical address >>>>> | to your Settings page. After you've added an address, it will be >>>>> available on your app's detail page to >>>>> | all users on Google Play. If your physical address changes, make >>>>> sure to update your information on >>>>> | your Settings page. >>>>> >>>>> | If you have paid apps or apps with in-app purchases, it's mandatory >>>>> to provide a physical address >>>>> | where you can be contacted. If you don't provide a physical address >>>>> on your account, it may result in >>>>> | your apps being removed from the Play Store. >>>>> >>>>> I do not want to disclose my home address in public, because I am an >>>>> individual developer. >>>>> This is privacy issue. I don't understand why Google requires my >>>>> physical address. >>>>> >>>>> I disclose my e-mail address and users can contact me. Also I can >>>>> reply to messages that is written >>>>> in review at Google Play. >>>>> >>>>> If I am working for a company and office address is disclosed in >>>>> public, I do not care for it. >>>>> But do you want to know your home address in public? >>>>> >>>>> # I sent a feedback about objection for this requirement. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> nagamatu >>>>> >>>>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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