title: Are there alternatives to using Google's in-app-billing , as a way to avoid publishing private info?
body: <h2>Background</h2>
  
  <p>Starting from September 30th this year (end of this month), Google won't allow developers that sell apps and developers that use in-app-billing to show their apps without also showing their address . Here's what they write:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>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.</p>
    
    <p>If you have paid apps or apps with in-app purchases, it's mandatory to
    provide a physical address where you can be contacted, as you are the
    seller of that content, to comply with consumer protection laws. If
    you don't provide a physical address on your account, it may result in
    your apps being removed from the Play Store.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>There are plenty of articles about this new requirement:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.androidauthority.com/google-forcing-developers-to-publish-home-addresses-527772/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.androidauthority.com/google-forcing-developers-to-publish-home-addresses-527772/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/09/18/google-will-now-require-all-app-publishers-with-paid-apps-or-in-app-purchases-to-have-an-address-on-file-in-google-play/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/09/18/google-will-now-require-all-app-publishers-with-paid-apps-or-in-app-purchases-to-have-an-address-on-file-in-google-play/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://phandroid.com/2014/09/18/google-play-now-requires-devs-to-make-their-home-address-public/" rel="noreferrer">http://phandroid.com/2014/09/18/google-play-now-requires-devs-to-make-their-home-address-public/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/09/google-play-policy-will-soon-require-physical-address-file-paid-apps-apps-iap.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/09/google-play-policy-will-soon-require-physical-address-file-paid-apps-apps-iap.html</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://androidandme.com/2014/09/news/googles-insane-new-requirement-forces-app-developers-to-list-a-physical-address/" rel="noreferrer">http://androidandme.com/2014/09/news/googles-insane-new-requirement-forces-app-developers-to-list-a-physical-address/</a>
  -<a href="http://www.greenbot.com/article/2685242/android-developers-must-now-list-physical-address-in-play-store.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.greenbot.com/article/2685242/android-developers-must-now-list-physical-address-in-play-store.html</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2685242/android-developers-must-now-list-physical-address-in-play-store.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2685242/android-developers-must-now-list-physical-address-in-play-store.html</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>There are even petitions against it , here:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.change.org/p/google-remove-the-need-for-developers-to-reveal-their-physical-addresses-publicly-on-google-play" rel="noreferrer">https://www.change.org/p/google-remove-the-need-for-developers-to-reveal-their-physical-addresses-publicly-on-google-play</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-reverse-your-decision-to-require-android-developers-who-sell-apps-on-google-play-to-publicly-disclose-their-physical-address?lang=en-US" rel="noreferrer">https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-reverse-your-decision-to-require-android-developers-who-sell-apps-on-google-play-to-publicly-disclose-their-physical-address?lang=en-US</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>And I've requested to have a solution for it <a href="https://code.google.com/p/android-developer-preview/issues/detail?id=1340" rel="noreferrer"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
  
  <h2>The problem</h2>
  
  <p>As I don't really have a company, I don't like the fact I will actually need to publish my home address. </p>
  
  <p>For me, it's a privacy issue, as I don't always work on the app at home (plus it's more of a hobby).</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lb.app_manager" rel="noreferrer"><strong>My app</strong></a> is free to use, and it has in-app-billing only used to remove ads. That's it.</p>
  
  <p>It doesn't add any feature when using in-app-billing, and the user is free to pay whatever he wishes, as a donation.</p>
  
  <p>I do not want to publish my address, and according to what I've read, you can't even use a P.O. box (which costs money anyway), as they specifically ask for "Physical address" and not "postal address".</p>
  
  <h2>The question</h2>
  
  <p>Since I will probably not be able to use Google's in-app-billing AND avoid putting my home address, is it possible (and legal, and according to Google's rules) to use other services of other companies?</p>
  
  <p>If so, which companies offer similar services?</p>
  
  <p>If not, is there any alternative or a solution to this problem?</p>
  
  <p>Is there maybe a workaround or a loophole that will allow me to publish such apps without the reason to also publish my home address?</p>