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TLDR: I nag a lot, the rules change so I don't want to play any more. Why does bureaucracy happen? I don't know where the writer writes from (don't care to loo

TLDR: I nag a lot, the rules change so I don't want to play any more. Why does bureaucracy happen? I don't know where the writer writes from (don't care to look it up). From experience, in the UK there are companies were you can outsource (at little cost) most of your admin stuff, and/or you can also mark them as the 'HQ' of your company, using their address instead of yours. I will go ahead and assume that everywhere in the civilized world similar companies exist. Also "is only right morally, but not legally" is very BS. These are the rules, take them or leave them. You can escalate, but not break them, otherwise if YOU pick which rules YOU want to break, then I will pick the rules that I want to break, and then it goes only downhill. DUNS: I remember when I created an app for Apple Store, they were requesting the same. I did it. It took me 10mins, nothing to see here, move on. For reference, I had my own Ltd in the UK, I was contracting and was using the same Ltd for my app, so I've actually done this. Doing business has costs. If the writer doesn't want the costs of doing business, perhaps he/she is in the wrong business (?). But "screw the rules" is not cool.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
> I don't know where the writer writes from (don't care to look it up). didn't care to read the article either but provided a dismissive TLDR. The article mentions they are from the Netherlands. >in the UK there are companies were you can outsource (at little cost) most of your admin stuff, and/or you can also mark them as the 'HQ' of your company, using their address instead of yours. for a minimimal update on an app you finished 11 years ago that probbably isn't making money? No thanks. I think it's important to remember that this isn't some active business, but a hobbyist that made something at a completely different phase of life. >DUNS: I remember when I created an app for Apple Store, they were requesting the same. I did it. It took me 10mins, nothing to see here, move on. Also in the article. Feel free to correct me since you're closer, but apparerntly the Netherlands needs to pay to find the DUNS number that was already registered to the CoC. >Doing business has costs.\ They aren't a business past adding migration updates to an old app. Yes, it is a big deal to give a private middleman your passport and let them post your address/phone number to the world. It's absurd to get on a high horse to a single dev, especially in a community that I thought valued privacy.

johnnyanmac 2y ago

> I don't know where the writer writes from (don't care to look it up). didn't care to read the article either but provided a dismissive TLDR. The article mentions they are from the Netherlands. >in the UK there are companies were you can outsource (at little cost) most of your admin stuff, and/or you can also mark them as the 'HQ' of your company, using their address instead of yours. for a minimimal update on an app you finished 11 years ago that probbably isn't making money? No thanks. I think it's important to remember that this isn't some active business, but a hobbyist that made something at a completely different phase of life. >DUNS: I remember when I created an app for Apple Store, they were requesting the same. I did it. It took me 10mins, nothing to see here, move on. Also in the article. Feel free to correct me since you're closer, but apparerntly the Netherlands needs to pay to find the DUNS number that was already registered to the CoC. >Doing business has costs.\ They aren't a business past adding migration updates to an old app. Yes, it is a big deal to give a private middleman your passport and let them post your address/phone number to the world. It's absurd to get on a high horse to a single dev, especially in a community that I thought valued privacy.