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> Assigned by Dun & Bradstreet Uh huh, Google just blatantly requiring every app developer on the planet to register with some specific random company. Absolut

> Assigned by Dun & Bradstreet Uh huh, Google just blatantly requiring every app developer on the planet to register with some specific random company. Absolutely no corruption to see here, none at all. This is the kind of shit why smartphone vendors can't be trusted with their own walled garden stores, the EU has not yet stomped them into mulch hard enough yet I see.

jodrellblank 2y ago
In what sense is that corrupt? (“dishonest or illegal behaviour”, “the abuse of power or authority for personal gain or benefit”)
pkaye 2y ago
I thought this was an EU requirement?
cowsandmilk 2y ago
The irony of your comment thinking the EU is going to fight this. The DUNS number is the European Commission standard for business identification; the choice of D&B isn’t random, it literally came from EU requirements.
- quadrifoliate 2y ago
  Yeah, it's surprising how badly the EU as a government has fumbled the crucial job of business identification by outsourcing it to an American company. And we keep wondering about why there are so few world changing companies coming out of Europe. Maybe they could start with one that handles business identification?
  - moffkalast 2y ago
    It's really shocking to me that the EU would demand people use a US corporation for something that really needs to be done by national governments. I think the corruption might be on our end in this case, time to write my MEP or whatever.
    - FMecha 2y ago
      Which EU-based government(s), though? The implication I get is that is under your proposal, the dev(s) would have to register with almost every EU countries out there.
      - moffkalast 2y ago
        Well no, the store/Google/Apple would need to support entering compatible data with all systems, like with addresses or phone numbers and doing any integration to verify data if need be. Each dev would only be in the registry of their own country, as they already need to be for tax related reasons anyway. I'm not sure why we need duplicated databases.
ikmckenz 2y ago
> the EU has not yet stomped them into mulch hard enough yet I see This is literally the result of EU "stomping"

jodrellblank 2y ago

In what sense is that corrupt? (“dishonest or illegal behaviour”, “the abuse of power or authority for personal gain or benefit”)

pkaye 2y ago

I thought this was an EU requirement?

cowsandmilk 2y ago

The irony of your comment thinking the EU is going to fight this. The DUNS number is the European Commission standard for business identification; the choice of D&B isn’t random, it literally came from EU requirements.

quadrifoliate 2y ago
Yeah, it's surprising how badly the EU as a government has fumbled the crucial job of business identification by outsourcing it to an American company. And we keep wondering about why there are so few world changing companies coming out of Europe. Maybe they could start with one that handles business identification?
- moffkalast 2y ago
  It's really shocking to me that the EU would demand people use a US corporation for something that really needs to be done by national governments. I think the corruption might be on our end in this case, time to write my MEP or whatever.
  - FMecha 2y ago
    Which EU-based government(s), though? The implication I get is that is under your proposal, the dev(s) would have to register with almost every EU countries out there.
    - moffkalast 2y ago
      Well no, the store/Google/Apple would need to support entering compatible data with all systems, like with addresses or phone numbers and doing any integration to verify data if need be. Each dev would only be in the registry of their own country, as they already need to be for tax related reasons anyway. I'm not sure why we need duplicated databases.

ikmckenz 2y ago

> the EU has not yet stomped them into mulch hard enough yet I see This is literally the result of EU "stomping"