My "answers" based on what I've gathered from the mailing lists/forums over the past 6 months + my reading of the DDA.
On Jul 6, 8:51 am, Chister Nordvik <cnord...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, if we only could get Google to confirm this... > > Spotify - free in the market, but you have to be a subscriber to use > to program. OK Apparently. "Naturally" subscription based apps (whatever that means) seem to be an exception to the DDA. > Program A - free in the market, but to access premium content you have > to be a registered user on a website which charges you monthly through > a credit card. OK? OK, as long as you do not advertise the premium content or the website in the app. > Program B - free in the market, but to access premium content you have > to buy access with PayPal in your application. OK? Not OK. > Program C - free in the market, but to access premium content you have > to buy access with a credit card in your application. OK? Not OK. > I can understand that Google wants to prevent developers pushing out > free apps that will only prompt for a credit card/PayPal account to be > able to use, but if some of the features are free then maybe it's > allowed? By my reading of the terms, generally not. My reading of the terms essentially means that the Android Market is useless if you want to sell products without using Google Checkout (either because you don't want to or - like me - can't). Think of it this way - any time your payment scheme tries to use the Android market for marketing purposes while avoiding using Google Checkout (and thereby "cheating" Google of their 30%), you are most likely in violation of the developer distribution agreement for the Android market. Makes sense, doesn't it? Regards, Michael A. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
