I'm on Optus in Australia. Optus is holding out waiting for a bigger cut from Google because they're greedy bastards. If you send a market intent everything seems to work but the user gets a "program can't be found" message.
On Mar 2, 3:25 am, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for raising this -- I hadn't considered the problem. > > My understanding is that in some places, it's the country that is the > source of the restrictions (i.e. legal barriers to Google Checkout or > something like that), while in other places, that barrier doesn't > exist, but carriers impose their own barriers, or haven't come to > terms with Google, or something like that. > > It's not a free world. > > The way I read the T&C's is that they apply to selling outside the > market things from apps you've sold through the market. In a non- > Market location, you won't have sold your app through the market. If > you've sold the app via a different channel, you're not bound by those > T&C's for that instance of that app. > > You could firewall that, and generate a separate version of the app > for sale outside the Marketplace, to avoid any chance of a bug or > environmental change leading to sending users outside the Marketplace > for purchases. > > I don't think Google can object to your sending them to your website, > and also selling your apps elsewhere on your website, if there's no > attempt to bypass the market. Since they actually encourage you to > supply a website link. > > But you'd like to be more direct about that in the non-Market case. > > What happens on a non-Market platform when you try to send them to the > market? I suspect the intent won't launch, and you could catch that, > and redirect them to your site or one of the appstores without these > restricctions. The downside is that you run a risk of accidentally > violating the T&C. IANL, but I suspect that having checked for the > Martket first would satisfy the requirements. The upside is that you > don't have to maintain a list of MCC/MNC code combinations, and miss > sales if they change. > > On Mar 1, 5:24 am, westmeadboy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I checked that link and I don't understand why everyone is talking > > about the MCC/MNC when I thought that the sim country was the > > important thing? > > > So, in the TelephonyManager, using getSimCountryIso() instead of > > getNetworkCountryIso(). > > > The link talks about the Bob operator in Austria. Could it be that the > > Bob sim card country code is incorrectly set? I notice in my analytics > > that I have more users using an "austria" network compared to using an > > "austria" sim card. Admittedly, other factors (roaming) could explain > > this. > > > Either way, users in paid-appcountriesbeing unable to see paid apps, > > seems to be the exception. > > > For me, its crucial that users in non-paid-appcountrieshave an > > alternative legal way to get hold of a paid app. I thought the Market > > T&Cs forbid selling apps through apps in the Market? > > > On Mar 1, 1:58 pm, Peli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It is more complicated than that. > > > > In somecountries, you can access paid or only non-paid apps depending > > > on the provider you are currently > > > using:http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3852 > > > > In OI Notepad and OI Shopping List, we provide both links for > > > extensions and themes (menu > settings > get add-ons): The first one > > > to Market, and the second one to our developer homepage. We hope > > > people figure that they should try the second link if the first one > > > does not show sensible results. > > > > Peliwww.openintents.org > > > > On Mar 1, 10:27 am, westmeadboy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am about to release a "Pro" version of my app and so would like to > > > > provide "Get the Pro" links. > > > > > However, it makes no sense to do this if the user is taken to the > > > > Market and then can't see the Pro app (i.e. they are in a non-paid app > > > > country). Maybe, such users would be sent to a 3rd party Market app > > > > instead? > > > > > So, whats the best way to programmatically check whether the user will > > > > see paid apps in the Market? I think its based on the sim card country > > > > right? I assume its good enough to hard code the country codes into > > > > the app since they don't change that often??? If they do I can just > > > > update the lite app... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
