Platforms with strong data-transparency and user-consent expectations that ease EU compliance.
6 marketplaces in this directory match this tag.
Platforms tagged GDPR-friendly — Firefox Browser Add-ons, Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Microsoft Store, Opera Add-ons, Safari Extensions — have strong built-in data-transparency and user-consent conventions (privacy manifests, mandatory data-safety disclosures, minimal-permission defaults) that make EU compliance more straightforward than platforms without them.
This does not remove your own GDPR obligations as a developer, but it means the platform’s review process already checks for the disclosures regulators expect — a real advantage if your users or customers are EU-based and you want fewer compliance gaps to close yourself.
Apple Inc.
Apple's mandatory, review-gated storefront for native iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps, with Apple as Merchant of Record for paid content.
Mozilla Foundation
Open, community-oriented store for Firefox WebExtensions and themes.
Google LLC
Android's dominant app store with a $25 one-time fee, policy review, and Google Play Billing as Merchant of Record.
Microsoft Corporation
Windows' built-in app store with zero registration fees and optional 15%/12% commerce, or bring-your-own-billing to keep 100%.
Opera Norway AS
Opera's official catalog for Chromium-based WebExtensions, free to publish but subject to slow human moderation.
Apple Inc.
Safari's browser extensions, distributed only as App Store apps under Apple Developer Program terms and full App Review.