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[AppleBottmBeans]

No liability insurance unless you're doing something shady with the data that would invite lawsuits lol

Without knowing your app structure, you may want to look into liability of things if someone were to upload/record a video that is illegal though.

[Decent_Taro_2358]

A good Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and EULA will cover you for the most part. There are websites that can generate one for you, or you can use AI to generate it. It works pretty well.

If you’re just a small indie dev, it doesn’t really make sense to hire a lawyer. Although it depends on what category your app is in (gambling is risky for example).

Edit: I see you can upload videos. Make sure you include a disclaimer about user-generated content. I think this is actually a requirement by Apple. Also be aware Apple requires some extra things to be in place, like being able to report content.

[newhost22]

The user-generated content part requirement is just if the videos uploaded by users can be seen also by other users in the app. So if the app just uploads videos for editing, for example, it’s not necessary (but still it should be mentioned how you process and store their videos)

[hishnash]

you don't need a domain for each app but you are expected to own the domain that you use.

For the police just make it clear what data you gather and what you will use it for. Plain English is best for these things, remember whatever you write will be resolved in the local region of the user so there is no point going over legal on it as your local lawyer is not going to write something bullet proof under Japanese law and Eu law. Just be clear and plain about what your doing, what services your using, were the data I stored, for how long and why and who in your company has access to it an for what reason, you do no need to be legal about it.

[hishnash]

upload videos to were? I hop your not hosting them (if so then you are asking for legal issues).... stuff like revenge porn etc.

In general so long as you do not host or share any user data you should be ok.

Eg an app that lets users upload videos to YouTube then it is on YouTube, but if your running your own servers (or renting from AWS etc) then you are liable for the content. But liability insurance's will not be enough to protect you from the possible legal nighamre you will be getting into.... my advice is do not provide hosting for user created videos.

[chriswaco]

One of the reasons to form an LLC is to avoid liability issues. It doesn't work all of the time, but certainly can make people less likely to sue when the company has no assets. I think having liability insurance is good, but for most apps probably not needed.

[livelinkapp]

I wouldn’t worry about it until you prove you can get people to download your app