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The problem is really that the indie developer doesn't really have any monetisation options other than those which break the law, but in theory it's not overly onerous to pick one that at least claims to be GDPR compliant. They should be able to trust that their suppliers aren't providing them illegal products tbh.

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You're forgetting the most legitimate monetization option:

If you make something great, people will pay for it.

That's not how it works at all though. The games on the app store that make a lot of money are those that mercilessly try to rip people off. Gacha games are essentially gambling, whereas proper games with a story and gameplay earn very little.

So if you are talking about games I assume you are talking about something like the Steam store? When I look at their top selling list, there are lots of pretty deep games listed.

That seem like a lot work, go for VC funding and sell to Google, Facebook, Microsoft or Apple in two years.

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