On Nov 17, 11:30 pm, Kristopher Micinski <krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Paulo Cesar <pueloce...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Currently, Android Market doesn't support In-App subscription. > > > Let's say you have a magazine, and want to by a subscription that will > > debt 9.99 every month until the user quits or the contract expires. > > Currently, this isn't possible using Android Market. > > > The problem is, I was researching about using other methods, but then > > I found the following page: > >http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html > > > "Developers charging for applications and downloads from Android > > Market must do so by using an authorized Payment Processor. Developers > > offering additional content, goods, or services for an application > > downloaded from Android Market must offer an authorized Payment > > Processor as the payment option." > > > In my interpretation, that clearly says that you cannot use PayPal or > > other method for subscription payment, yet, I just found an app, Zinio > > (https://market.android.com/details? > > id=com.zinio.mobile.android.reader) that uses PayPal for *every* In- > > App purchase. > > > So now I'm confused. Is Zinio just ignoring Android Market rules and > > getting away with that, or can I do the same? > > Lots of apps do this when they shouldn't, but I do believe it's > against the market rules. In general I'd be a bit weary of > applications that do what you describe, it's pretty frightening that > an app could charge you monthly without you knowing, especially since > apps don't really have a firmly trusted and associated author that can > be contacted to resolve if want to stop being charged. While it > sounds like your intentions are good, and you probably are a good > developer who has a legitimate purpose for this, there are many others > who would not :-). > > kris
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