[icebraining]

I'm not really prescribing a solution, just identifying a class of problem.

When you say that regulation is needed, you are prescribing a solution.

WRT to your proposal, how would that help in this case? The developer would just pay the fee, and Google would tell them "you broke the 'Google Play Developer Program Policies' agreement, which says you can't use third-party payment providers".

In fact, the developer says Google gave the official reason, so what would be the purpose of paying to get the same answer?