I am a student and solo app dev, and I recently made a game on iOS that reached the top of the front page on Hacker News. I want to bring the game to Android, but am struggling with Google Play's policies for solo devs.
The one that is bothering me most is having to display my physical, home address on the play store for paid apps. I personally think this would be a pretty big security and privacy hazard, but there isn't any way around it that I have seen. There are also other things like requiring solo devs to test any new app with 20 testers for 2 weeks.
My Point Is: If I launch the app instead on the Epic Game Store / Amazon App Store, or even both, do you think the app can still be successful? Is it really possible to get good reach without the Play store, or will users just ignore the app if it's not on Google Play?
I am on iOS and don't know too much about the Android stores / user behavior, so any advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
Link to app for reference: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6720712299
Fun fact, it's actually not just for paid apps, it's for free apps too!
I just said fuck it and listed my home address, cause if someone really wants to find me it's not like that info is actually hidden in other public records.