According to studies, the GDPR could have caused around a third fewer Android apps to come to market since the law came into force. There is apparently no direct connection, but the overlapping in time raises the suspicion.
The data protection guidelines of the European Union and the basic data protection regulation introduced in Germany as a result ensure mass app deaths. At least that is what a study that has just been published suggests, as “The Register” reports. The number of apps available in the Google Play Store fell by around a third after the introduction of the GDPR.
The study was carried out by researchers from Germany, Switzerland, the USA and Great Britain. Specific reasons for the decline are not given. However, a temporal connection is established.
DSGVO should ensure a small selection of apps: criticism of the study
However, there has been massive criticism of the study. There were already strict data protection guidelines in Europe before the introduction of the GDPR. It is therefore questionable whether there is actually a causal connection with the decline.
In addition, there would have to be numerous applications that are only offered outside the EU if the GDPR and the corresponding regulations in other countries were actually responsible for the decline. However, this is only the case in special individual cases, such as US local newspapers without European readers.
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