I've gotten an email from someone at some carrier (anon email) laughing about the Market Enabler after it was released. Since the default was set it to tmo (my carrier at the time we wrote the scripts) they ended up getting a large cut from out of the US sales.
No clue if it was true or not. Tim On Dec 13, 3:49 am, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday, 11 December 2011 10:52:03 UTC+5:30, Tim in Boulder wrote: > > > Not only that, but if I understand things correctly, whoever's SIM > > you're using gets a percent of the app store sales, which is why they'd > > be so tightly integrated with Market. > > Yes, the Market behaviour is tied very closely to the sim card even if the > sim card is inactive (you might be connecting over WiFi). This is why users > in China/Taiwan often do a sim card swap just to get access to paid apps. > > I also heard (a couple of years ago) the sim provider gets a cut, though > this was never verified to my knowledge. > > It's hugely illogical (because an inactive sim is providing no more service > than MarketEnabler), but what can you do... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
