Public bug reported: To buy software in the Ubuntu Software Center you need to have a credit card.
As of now, credit cards are not wide spread in Germany at least. A huge portion of users is therefore not able to buy in USC without applying for a credit card first. Canonical and Ubuntu are loosing bucks here! Most online shops in Germany offer to pay by debit transfer, where money is transferred from a standard bank account. A possible sollution is allowing payments with services like https://payments.amazon.de/home or http://www.paypal.com where you pay with your bank account data. This may be possible in other countries too. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: software-center 4.0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 1 17:41:34 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE:en LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-24 (67 days ago) ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804388 Title: A credit card is needed to pay in Ubuntu Software Center (Germany) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/804388/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
